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Ebola has spread from Congo to 4 other countries. A look at where things stand

Ebola disease from the fast-moving outbreak in Congo has now spread to four other countries, including two where it’s active. It has spread farther across Africa than any previous Ebola outbreak, reaching three regions.

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Nigeria on Tuesday became the latest country affected by the outbreak , which was first declared in eastern Congo in mid-May. Caused by the rare Bundibugyo virus for which there’s no approved vaccine or drug, the outbreak has killed at least 4,600 of the 9,500 people infected in Congo.

The World Health Organization has said it is the fastest-growing outbreak of Ebola in history . In Africa, it’s been recorded in the central, western and eastern regions.

A recurring problem in the spread in Africa is what appears to be lax surveillance efforts as most of the first cases were confirmed long after people started showing symptoms or after traveling.

Here is where things stand in other countries affected by this Ebola outbreak:

Nigeria confirmed an Ebola infection in its capital, Abuja, in a woman who arrived from Uganda about two weeks ago.

The woman began showing symptoms on Oct. 7 and was admitted to a private hospital in Abuja on Oct. 11, where she was later diagnosed with Ebola.

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It is still unclear when she arrived in Nigeria. Health Minister Muhammad Pate said authorities had begun tracing 44 people identified as contacts of the patient and were “doing everything possible to contain this case.”

Uganda confirmed an Ebola outbreak on the same day as neighboring Congo after detecting the infection in a man traveling from Congo.

The first cases in Uganda were Congolese patients who crossed the border to seek treatment for an unknown illness before it was known they had Ebola, according to health authorities.

The Uganda outbreak was declared over by WHO on Aug. 27, after 20 confirmed cases, including 15 patients from Congo. Eighteen people recovered and two died. More than 800 contacts were identified and monitored, and the country said Tuesday that it has no new cases.

Kenya announced its first Ebola case on Oct. 6, involving a man who traveled from Congo via Uganda before arriving in the capital, Nairobi, on Oct. 3.

He tested positive for Ebola on Oct. 5 and died the same day.

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Ebola cases in Kenya have increased to nine , including four relatives of the first patient and four health workers.

Authorities have also identified 135 contacts linked to the nine patients, with 134 in quarantine. Kenya’s Health Ministry said there was still no evidence of transmission beyond known contacts of the first patient.

France in June confirmed a positive case of Ebola in a doctor traveling back from Congo, making it the first and only country outside Africa to have recorded a case in this outbreak.

The individual returned from a humanitarian mission in one of the virus transmission zones in Congo and was taken into care at a specialized facility in France. The person recovered and was discharged on July 4, according to WHO.

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刚果爆发的埃博拉疫情迅速蔓延，目前已扩散至其他四个国家，其中两个国家疫情仍在活跃。此次疫情在非洲的传播范围超过了以往任何一次埃博拉疫情，已波及三个地区。

尼日利亚周二成为最新一个受疫情影响的国家。该疫情最初于5月中旬在刚果（金）东部爆发。疫情由罕见的邦迪布焦病毒引起，目前尚无获批的疫苗或药物。在刚果（金）的9500名感染者中，至少有4600人死亡。

世界卫生组织称，这是历史上蔓延速度最快的埃博拉疫情。在非洲，中部、西部和东部地区均有病例报告。

非洲疫情传播中反复出现的问题是监测工作似乎不够严密，因为大多数首批病例都是在人们开始出现症状或旅行很久之后才确诊的。

以下是其他受埃博拉疫情影响国家的现状：

尼日利亚首都阿布贾确诊了一例埃博拉病毒感染病例，患者是一名大约两周前从乌干达抵达的女子。

该女子于 10 月 7 日开始出现症状，并于 10 月 11 日被送往阿布贾的一家私立医院，后来在那里被确诊患有埃博拉病毒。

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目前尚不清楚她何时抵达尼日利亚。卫生部长穆罕默德·帕特表示，当局已开始追踪44名被确定为该患者密切接触者的人员，并“正在尽一切可能控制疫情”。

乌干达在一名从刚果返回的男子身上检测到埃博拉病毒感染后，与邻国刚果在同一天确认了埃博拉疫情爆发。

据卫生部门称，乌干达的首例病例是刚果患者，他们越过边境寻求治疗一种不明疾病，后来才知道他们患的是埃博拉病毒。