Yobe prompts Ebola response, stories no case

The Yobe state authorities has activated its emergency response system and intensified surveillance throughout the 17 native authorities areas following the affirmation of an imported Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) case in Nigeria.

The everlasting secretary of the Ministry of Health and Human Services, Hajiya Hadiza Sabo, acknowledged this Tuesday at a press briefing in Damaturu, assuring residents that no case had been recorded within the state.

She mentioned the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) confirmed the case on October 20, 2026, involving a diplomat who arrived from Uganda and examined optimistic for the Bundibugyo pressure of Ebola.

She mentioned the affected person is in isolation and receiving therapy, whereas 53 shut contacts had been recognized and monitored as of October 24.

Sabo mentioned Governor Mai Mala Buni had directed the activation of the state’s Public Health Emergency Incident Management System and the event of a complete emergency preparedness and response plan.

She added that isolation and therapy services throughout the state’s three senatorial zones had been geared up with important medicines and private protecting gear, whereas healthcare employees had obtained coaching on an infection prevention, protected pattern assortment and case administration.

The everlasting secretary mentioned surveillance and phone tracing had been strengthened, with the State Emergency Operations Centre positioned on excessive alert in collaboration with the NCDC, World Health Organisation and UNICEF.

She urged residents to apply common hand washing, keep away from direct contact with the bodily fluids of sick individuals and chorus from conventional burial practices involving contact with the deceased.