May 28, 2026
File: Medical staff wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) transport a patient at the hospital in Rwampara on May 21, 2026. Photo by Seros MUYISA / AFP.
By Chioma Obinna
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, on Thursday, placed Lagos, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Kano, Rivers and several other states on high Ebola preparedness alert following the classification of Nigeria’s risk of importing the deadly Bundibugyo Ebola Virus Disease as “HIGH”.
In a national public health advisory addressed to Commissioners for Health across the 36 states and the FCT, the NCDC warned that Nigeria must urgently strengthen surveillance, isolation capacity and infection prevention systems as the virus spreads across parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
