00:02Nigeria's authorities evacuated the country's currently only confirmed Ebola case to Switzerland
00:08on Monday. The woman is the 42-year-old wife of a Swiss embassy worker and has Swiss nationality.
00:16She had been traveling in Uganda before returning to Nigeria and being diagnosed with Ebola.
00:22While the patient is in a stable condition, Nigerian authorities have stepped up contact
00:27tracing to identify potential further cases. Fifty-three primary contacts have been identified
00:34so far, with most being health workers and members of the woman's family and household staff.
00:41A test on a suspected case in Rivers State came back negative.
00:48Screenings for airport arrivals have also been expanded,
00:51although the measure does not apply to domestic flights.
00:56The World Health Organization has warned that Africa is facing a complex Ebola outbreak,
01:02with the virus not only present in the DLC, where the outbreak originates,
01:06but also in West and East Africa.
