A Swiss woman being treated for Ebola in Nigeria was medically evacuated to Switzerland on Monday, accompanied by her husband, Nigerian health officials confirmed. The woman, Nigeria’s first confirmed case in the current outbreak, was transported from the capital, Abuja, after her condition improved and stabilized.

Muhammad Pate, Nigeria’s Health Minister, reported that the patient was conscious and able to communicate prior to the evacuation, which was conducted with his approval. Her husband, a Swiss diplomat stationed in Nigeria, remained hospitalized in isolation despite showing no signs of infection.

Authorities in Nigeria continued monitoring 52 individuals who had contact with the woman, aiming to prevent further spread of the virus. The Federal Office of Public Health in Switzerland stated that there was no risk posed to the Swiss public following the evacuation.

Mohamed Janabi, regional director for Africa at the World Health Organization (WHO), noted that with the departure of the patient and her husband, Nigeria currently has no active Ebola cases.

The woman tested positive for the virus after returning to Abuja from Uganda. According to Switzerland’s foreign ministry, she had not traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the current Ebola outbreak originated, but was presumed to have contracted the disease while visiting Uganda with her husband. Uganda had previously reported Ebola cases earlier in the year but subsequently declared itself free of the virus.

Meanwhile, the Ebola outbreak in Congo continues to pose a significant health crisis. Data from Congo’s health ministry indicate there have been more than 9,900 confirmed cases and over 4,800 deaths since the outbreak began in May. Efforts to contain the spread remain ongoing amid concerns about the virus crossing international borders.