Nigeria’s disease-control chief says the government approved the evacuation of its confirmed Ebola patient to Switzerland after weighing diplomatic, human-rights and international-health considerations. The patient is receiving treatment in Geneva, while her husband is isolated in Zurich; Nigeria is monitoring 52 contacts and reports no active confirmed case after the transfer.
The Democratic Republic of Congo has begun the Tumaini Ebola vaccine trial in Bunia, testing whether existing and experimental vaccines can protect against the Bundibugyo virus. WHO says the first participants were vaccinated on October 23. The launch comes as the outbreak has caused more than 4,600 deaths and no vaccine is yet approved specifically for this Ebola species.
Pope Leo XIV will not require additional treatment after surgery for lung adenocarcinoma, the Vatican says, because follow-up tests found the disease was localised. The 71-year-old pontiff has resumed public appearances and is expected to continue planning a November visit to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, although he is to return gradually to his duties.
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Nigeria has confirmed its first Ebola case in the current outbreak: a woman who travelled from Uganda and became ill after arriving in Abuja. Health authorities have isolated her and identified 44 close contacts for monitoring. The case extends an outbreak of Bundibugyo Ebola that has been concentrated in the Democratic Republic of Congo but has also reached Uganda and Kenya.