The Ebola index patient from Nigeria and her spouse, who traveled with her, have been confirmed to have arrived in Switzerland.
The 42-year-old woman, who was found to have the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus, was evacuated by the federal government on Monday to Switzerland on a medical aircraft.
According to Ali Pate, coordinating minister of health and social welfare, the patient’s laboratory test results were getting close to baseline, and she was clinically much better, stable, conscious, and communicative.
The patient was receiving treatment at Geneva University Hospital (HUG), according to a statement released by the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) on Monday. Her husband, who was identified as a close contact, had been placed in isolation at Zurich University Hospital (USZ).
Both hospitals were prepared to handle patients with infectious diseases like Ebola while safeguarding medical personnel and other patients, according to Swiss authorities, who also stated that the case poses no health risk to the nation.
The facilities have specialized isolation wards and skilled medical staff to handle these infections, they continued.
“The current situation does not pose any risk to public health in Switzerland,” the FOPH said.
In a phone call, Swiss federal councilor Elisabeth Baume-Schneider thanked Nigeria’s health minister.
Baume-Schneider expressed gratitude to the Nigerian medical staff for treating the two Swiss nationals prior to their evacuation.
She also praised the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Nigerian government for their assistance in making the evacuation possible.
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