{"id":"37f30ade-fd2a-4e9d-ab18-036ef7c305d9","url":"https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3371887/who-warns-africa-faces-complex-ebola-outbreak-virus-reaches-nigeria","domain":"scmp.com","outlet":{"name":"South China Morning Post","country":"HK","cred":4,"lean":0,"curated":true,"owner":"Alibaba Group"},"title":"WHO warns Africa faces ‘complex’ Ebola outbreak as virus reaches Nigeria","plainHeadline":"WHO warns of a complex Ebola outbreak as Nigeria reports imported case","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["The WHO says Africa faces a complex Ebola outbreak after the virus reaches Nigeria.","Nigeria confirmed an imported Bundibugyo strain case linked to Uganda travel.","Contacts of the patient are being tracked and quarantined in a facility.","The outbreak started in DR Congo and has killed over 4,000 from 9,000+ cases.","Nigeria previously contained a west African outbreak with 19 infections and seven deaths."],"topics":["Health","Environment","Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-23T06:49:24.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-23T06:51:13.505Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/6ffb2517-f48d-4759-8cf4-b9e088a76270","storyId":"6ffb2517-f48d-4759-8cf4-b9e088a76270","image":"https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/images/canvas/2026/10/23/bee9e113-5dca-448f-b559-95c6c84d04ca_231a5c2b.jpg?itok=aYZVsiZb&v=1792738158","author":"Agence France-Presse","dek":"The World Health Organization has warned that Africa faced a “complex” Ebola outbreak after the virus crossed from east Africa to Nigeria, marking the first case in the west of the continent."}