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Naija & The News Sunday, 25 October 2026
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NCDC pays N100,000 weekly to individuals under monitoring for Ebola

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has started paying N100,000 per week to individuals under monitoring for Ebola. This payment is an emergency intervention to support households affected by isolation and monitoring requirements.

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NCDC pays individuals under monitoring for Ebola.

The agency is drawing on lessons from the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Nigeria. The confirmed case involves a woman who travelled from Uganda to Nigeria and was diagnosed with the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus.

The agency is scaling up preparedness nationally and calling on Nigerians to cooperate with public health officials.

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