Ebola patient evacuated from Nigeria to Switzerland

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A woman infected with the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola and her Swiss diplomat husband were evacuated from Nigeria to hospitals in Switzerland. She is being treated in Geneva, while her husband, a close contact, is in isolation in Zurich; the outbreak originated in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

⁠A woman infected with ⁠the Ebola virus and her husband, a ⁠Swiss diplomat, were flown from Nigeria to hospitals in Switzerland on Monday, Swiss authorities said. The Ugandan-born wife of the diplomat, based in Abuja, was being treated at Geneva University Hospitals for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, which has caused an outbreak that started in Democratic ‌Republic of Congo. Her husband, considered a close contact, was in isolation at University Hospital Zurich, the Swiss Federal Office of...