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Swiss woman with Ebola flown from Nigeria for treatment
A Swiss woman with Ebola was flown from Abuja to Switzerland on Monday for treatment.
Her condition has improved, and Nigeria’s health minister said she was stable, conscious and responsive.
Her husband travelled with her and has no symptoms, but she may still be infectious, so strict precautions are being used.
Switzerland has had two hospitals equipped to treat diseases such as Ebola since 2019: University Hospital Zurich and University Hospital Geneva.
The country has previously treated two people who caught Ebola in Africa, and both survived.
Nigeria’s health minister said he would provide more information after the woman and her husband arrived safely.
A woman with Ebola was flown from Abuja, Nigeria, to Switzerland for treatment on Monday morning.
Nigeria’s health minister said her condition had improved and she was stable, conscious and communicating before the flight.
Her husband, who has shown no symptoms, travelled on the same flight.
She is Nigeria’s first Ebola case in more than a decade.
The sources say she may have become infected in Uganda, but how she caught the virus is being investigated.
- Who
- A Ugandan-born woman married to a Swiss diplomat based in Abuja.
- What
- She was evacuated to Switzerland for treatment after contracting Ebola. Her husband travelled with her and remained asymptomatic.
- When
- Monday morning, October 26, 2026.
- Where
- She was flown from Abuja, Nigeria, to Switzerland.
- Why
- She had Ebola and was being taken to Switzerland for treatment. How she became infected was still under investigation.
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The patient was treated by a Nigerian medical team, and her condition improved.
She and her husband left Abuja on a medical evacuation flight to Switzerland.
- Patient
- Ugandan-born wife of a Swiss diplomat based in Abuja
- Departure
- Abuja, Nigeria
- Flight
- Medical evacuation to Switzerland on Monday morning, October 26, 2026
- Condition before departure
- Stable, conscious and communicating
- Husband
- Travelled on the same flight and remained asymptomatic
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What people are saying
stable, conscious, communicating, and her clinical laboratory test results closing towards baseline
The Nigerian medical team successfully managed her through the acute phase of the illness and stabilized her condition