NCDC said two suspected Ebola cases in Yola tested negative after two rounds of testing.
Why it matters: The testing found no Ebola infection in the two individuals. The alert prompted isolation, contact listing and laboratory testing in Adamawa State, extending the response beyond Abuja.
- Two suspected cases were identified and isolated in Yola, Adamawa State, on October 31, 2025.
- The NCDC said both samples tested negative for Ebola after two rounds of laboratory testing.
- The cited WHO update identifies Nigeria's imported Bundibugyo virus infection as the country's only confirmed case.
- WHO reported 44 contacts linked to the Abuja case as of October 20, 2025; the figure applies only to that case, not Yola.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said two people whose cases triggered an alert in Yola, Adamawa State, tested negative for Ebola after two rounds of laboratory testing.
The cases were identified and the individuals isolated on October 31, 2025. Contact identification and listing began, and laboratory testing was initiated.
The NCDC said both samples were negative after two rounds of testing. “Being classified as suspected cases does not mean they are confirmed Ebola cases,” the agency said, adding that suspicion was based on clinical and epidemiological criteria pending laboratory results.
The alert followed Nigeria's confirmation on October 20, 2025, of its first imported case of Bundibugyo virus disease in the Federal Capital Territory, according to the WHO regional office. The index patient was a woman who had travelled from Uganda. She developed symptoms on October 7, sought care in Abuja on October 11 and tested positive on October 20.
WHO said 44 contacts were linked to the Abuja case as of October 20, 2025. That was the contact count for the Abuja case at that date, not a count of contacts associated with the Yola alert.
Nigeria's response includes surveillance, laboratory testing, infection-prevention support, contact tracing, risk communication and community engagement, according to the NCDC update.
The cited updates do not disclose the Yola patients' symptoms, exposure histories, testing dates, laboratory locations or number of contacts. They also do not establish whether the cases were linked to the Abuja patient or travel through an affected country.
By the numbers
- 2 - suspected Yola cases whose samples tested negative after two rounds of laboratory testing
- 44 - contacts linked to the Abuja case as of October 20, 2025; not a Yola contact count
- October 31, 2025 - date the Yola cases were identified and isolated
Yes, but: The negative results apply to the two tested individuals. The cited updates do not provide further details about their symptoms, exposures, testing dates, laboratories or contacts.