The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) announced that the wife of a Swiss diplomat, identified as Nigeria’s Ebola index case, has fully recovered and has been discharged from a hospital in Switzerland.
The confirmation of her infection was made on October 20, 2026, after her blood samples tested positive at the Abuja Reference Laboratory. She and her husband were initially treated at a private hospital in Abuja before being medically evacuated to Switzerland via air ambulance on October 26, 2026.
Dr. Jide Idris, the NCDC Director General, shared this update with journalists in Abuja on Friday, stating that the Swiss authorities had confirmed her recovery and discharge following subsequent tests that returned negative results. The patient underwent treatment in an isolation facility in Switzerland, where she ultimately recovered from the virus.
