Nigeria says Ebola case remains isolated, urges calm

Nigeria’s health minister said on Thursday authorities had no evidence ​that the country’s recently confirmed Ebola case ‌had spread into the wider community, describing it as a single, contained infection. 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.

Health Minister Muhammad Ali Pate said “there is no evidence that it ​has gone into the communities” and ​that there was “no need for any panic”, as health ‌officials ⁠intensified contact tracing and monitoring of people who may have been exposed “This is a contained, single case and we are diligently ​working to ensure ​that ⁠it remains so,” he said Pate said there was no reason at ​present to alter plans for large ​public ⁠gatherings, but left open the possibility of additional measures if the situation worsened “We have ⁠only one ​case, and hopefully it ​will stay that way,” he said