The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says it has heightened surveillance across the country following concerns over Ebola, even as two recent suspected cases in Abuja tested negative for both Ebola and Marburg viruses.

Director-General of the NCDC, Dr. Jide Idris, disclosed this in a statement on Friday.

He explained that the most recent case involved a traveller who arrived in Abuja from Kigali, Rwanda, and immediately sought medical care after feeling unwell.

“The decision to report early, combined with the vigilance of the attending clinician and hospital team, ensured that our public health system was promptly activated and that the risk to the public was minimised,” Idris said.

He noted that the agency had conducted a Dynamic Risk Assessment in response to recent Ebola outbreaks in other countries, leading to the strengthening of preventive measures nationwide.

According to him, surveillance has been intensified at points of entry, while isolation and treatment facilities have been placed on alert. The NCDC has also prepositioned critical infection-prevention supplies across the country.

Idris assured Nigerians that the agency remains fully prepared to respond to any potential public health threat.