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- Nigeria's Health Minister Muhammad Ali Pate confirmed the first Ebola case in a diplomat from Uganda.
- The diplomat tested positive for Bundibugyo Ebola on October 20 after admission to a private Abuja hospital.
- Genomic analysis on October 23 linked the virus to Kenya's outbreak strain, the first genetic connection.
- Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya urged African leaders not to politicize the outbreak and to cooperate on tracing.
