A Nigerian Ebola patient is being moved to Switzerland on a medical evacuation flight, Reuters reported on Monday. The patient's condition was described as stable, according to the same report.
The transfer places the patient under care outside Nigeria, which has recorded its first Ebola case in this outbreak. According to BBC reporting, Nigerian officials said the patient had spent a holiday in Uganda. Citizen Digital also reported the evacuation to Switzerland.
The case has drawn wider attention to the region's outbreak picture. DW reported that Ebola cases identified in Kenya and Nigeria have raised questions about Uganda's assertion that it is free of the virus.
Inside Nigeria, the case has prompted demands from the medical community. Premium Times Nigeria reported that resident doctors are calling for hospitals to prepare urgently and for frontline health workers to be protected.
Details on the patient's age, identity, treatment plan in Switzerland or the flight's timing were not included in the reporting available. The World Health Organization has not been cited in the material, and no official statement from Swiss or Nigerian health authorities was included.
What to watch next: whether Nigerian health authorities confirm additional cases or contacts, and how prepared the country's hospitals are for further infections.