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Nigeria Evacuates Ebola Patient to Switzerland After Declaration
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- Coordinating Minister of Health Muhammad Ali Pate evacuated Nigeria’s first Ebola patient and her husband to Switzerland.
- The patient arrived at Geneva University Hospitals for treatment.
- Her husband entered isolation at University Hospital Zurich.
- WHO Regional Director for Africa Mohamed Janabi declared Nigeria has no active Ebola cases after evacuation.
- Switzerland will care for the patient and monitor contact 53 while Nigeria monitors 52 contacts.