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UPDATED: Ebola: Nigeria records two suspected cases, one confirmed —NCDC

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•Says patient’s condition improving, husband tests negative•Plans to pay N100,000 allowance to 53 contacts in isolation The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported two suspected cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), with one confirmed case, as the Federal Government inten

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  1. Nigerian Tribune Nigeria UPDATED: Ebola: Nigeria records two suspected cases, one confirmed —NCDC •Says patient’s condition improving, husband tests negative•Plans to pay N100,000 allowance to 53 contacts in isolation The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported two suspected cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), with one confirmed case, as the Federal Government inten 26 Oct · Tier 3

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