All 62 people identified as contacts of Nigeria’s imported Bundibugyo virus disease case completed their required 21-day monitoring without confirmed secondary transmission, according to the World Health Organisation and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus praised Nigeria’s public-health teams for tracing and following up the contacts after the case was reported on October 20. NCDC Director-General Jide Idris said the final person on the monitoring list completed the process on November 13. Thirteen contacts had reported fever or other symptoms during follow-up, but tests did not identify the virus in any of them. The original patient was a 42-year-old woman who travelled from Uganda and arrived in Abuja on October 3 through Ethiopia. She later developed symptoms, received care in Nigeria and was diagnosed after laboratory testing in October. She was subsequently transferred to Switzerland for treatment and was discharged from hospital after recovery, the report said. Health authorities emphasised that completion of the individual contact-monitoring period did not mean that the wider outbreak response was over. Nigeria maintained heightened surveillance and its emergency response arrangements while officials continued watching for possible infections. The announcement marked progress in containment, not a reason to abandon caution. What do you think about this news? Which reported details matter most to you? Source: https://punchng.com/ebola-who-hails-nigeria-as-62-contacts-complete-monitoring-no-new-cases-recorded/ Automated editorial post