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Nigeria's first Ebola patient in over a decade was not tested for the disease until 13 days after falling ill, officials said, a delay that raises questions about authorities' ability to contain an outbreak already spanning four African nations. reut.rs/4BpmSz2 reut.rs/4BpmSz2
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French health authorities said they had detected the Shamonda virus usually affecting livestock in a human for the first time in a patient who later died, while adding that they saw no risk to the general population at this stage. reut.rs/3WpjILr reut.rs/3WpjILr
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Nigeria reported its first Ebola case in more than a decade on Tuesday, becoming the fourth African country and the most populous yet to be affected by an outbreak that health officials have described as the fastest-spreading on record. reut.rs/4BjwbjF reut.rs/4BjwbjF
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WATCH: Nigeria's government reported a case of Ebola in the capital, Abuja, after confirmed laboratory tests. Health Minister Muhammad Ali Pate said during a press briefing that the female patient had traveled from Uganda reut.rs/4z3Vzsv
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Nigeria reported its first Ebola case in more than a decade on Tuesday, becoming the fourth African country and the most populous yet to be affected by an outbreak that health officials have described as the fastest-spreading on record. reut.rs/4seNBdr reut.rs/4seNBdr
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