尼日利亚确认首例埃博拉病例，疫情西传引担忧

尼日利亚确认了在当前疫情中的首例埃博拉病例134。患者为一名从乌干达抵达尼日利亚首都阿布贾的女性123，她于10月7日开始出现症状，四天后入院并被确诊2。这一病例标志着东非地区的埃博拉疫情已向西非地区扩散34。

尼日利亚卫生部门已启动应急响应措施。尼日利亚卫生部长穆罕默德·帕特表示："我们正尽一切努力通过追踪所有接触者来遏制这一病例"2。卫生部门已识别并开始追踪该患者的44名密切接触者2。

当前埃博拉疫情范围广泛。非洲疾病控制中心主任让·卡塞亚指出，埃博拉的死亡率约为50%，这是历史上地理范围最广的疫情2。全球已报告超过9500例感染者和超过4600例死亡2，肯尼亚已报告9例感染病例2。相比之下，2014年至2016年的西非埃博拉疫情造成约11000人丧生2。

Nigeria has confirmed its first case of Ebola in the current outbreak, involving a woman who arrived from Uganda and tested positive in the capital, Abuja 134. The patient developed symptoms on October 7 and was admitted to a hospital four days later for diagnosis 2. This case marks a significant geographic expansion of the epidemic, which originated in Congo in mid-May, as the virus spreads from East Africa into West Africa 2.

Nigerian health authorities have identified 44 close contacts of the confirmed patient and are actively tracking them to contain the spread 2. Health Minister Muhammad Pate stated: "We are doing everything we can to contain this case by tracking all contacts" 2. The outbreak has already reached multiple African nations, with Kenya reporting nine confirmed infections 2. According to Jean Kaseya, director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the current epidemic represents the geographically widest Ebola outbreak on record, with a fatality rate of approximately 50 percent 2. Globally, the outbreak has infected more than 9,500 people and claimed over 4,600 lives 2, surpassing the 11,000 deaths recorded during the 2014-2016 West African Ebola epidemic 2.