The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has called for urgent international support to contain the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak following confirmation of a case in Nigeria, warning that the epidemic has become a major regional public health threat.
The Director-General of Africa CDC, Dr Jean Kaseya, made the appeal on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, after speaking with Nigeria’s Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, who informed him of the confirmed case in the Federal Capital Territory.
Kaseya commended Pate for promptly communicating the development, stressing that transparency and early reporting were essential to saving lives and strengthening the response to the outbreak.
The appeal came as Kenya confirmed its ninth Ebola case on October 20, while the Democratic Republic of the Congo continued to battle the outbreak, which has spread across several provinces.
In his statement titled “Ebola in Nigeria: An Urgent Call for Global
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