Nigeria says Ebola case remains isolated, urges calm

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.

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