The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has set November 13 as the target date to complete monitoring of 62 contacts linked to exposure to an imported Ebola case.

The agency disclosed this in its Ebola disease situation report published on Thursday, noting that the expected completion dates for monitoring the contacts range from October 31 to November 13, 2026.

It said contact tracing and monitoring would continue, with additional contact tracers mapped and trained to reinforce surveillance activities.

The NCDC also plans to assess more contacts for possible transfer to a quarantine facility and maintain follow-up of individuals already in quarantine.

The agency further outlined plans to review guidelines covering contact tracing, self-quarantine, self-care kits and Ebola call protocols.

The agency said it had reviewed and expanded its strategy for identifying contacts. It had also revised the case definitions for Ebola disease to improve the identification and management of suspected infections.

It also announced plans to develop an Ebola disease dashboard on the Surveillance Outbreak Response Management and Analysis System (SORMAS) to improve the management and monitoring of contacts.

On response coordination, the NCDC said the National Incident Management System (IMS) had been activated, while the Incident Action Plan had been finalised. It added that priority response activities were ongoing across different thematic areas and that a high-level meeting had been held with partner agencies to improve coordination, resource mobilisation and accountability.

Nigeria confirmed an imported Ebola case in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in October, prompting the activation of response measures to contain potential transmission.

The patient, a woman who had recently travelled from Uganda on an international flight, was admitted to a private hospital in the FCT, where she received treatment for several days before testing positive for the virus.
She was subsequently evacuated to Switzerland for further treatment.

The NCDC initially identified 44 close contacts of the confirmed Ebola patient for monitoring, with the number later rising to 53 as contact tracing expanded. The agency subsequently increased the figure to 62 as more potentially exposed individuals were identified and brought under surveillance