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Mystery over source of Ebola infection in Nigeria fuels concern about spread of virus

Switzerland says patient is wife of Swiss diplomat and believed to have contracted virus while travelling in Uganda Health officials across Africa are racing to determine how Nigeria’s first Ebola patient ⁠in more than a decade ⁠became infected, amid fears ​the outbreak could spread further after reaching a fourth African country. The Swiss foreign ministry said on Friday the patient in Nigeria, the Ugandan-born wife of a Swiss diplomat based in Abuja, had not travelled to the Democratic Republi