Nigeria confirmed on Tuesday the first Ebola case of the current outbreak, a woman who arrived from Uganda, the Health Ministry said.

The patient began showing symptoms on Oct. 7 and was admitted to a private hospital in Abuja on Oct. 11, where she was diagnosed with Ebola. Contact tracing has begun, with 44 close contacts identified and monitored, including healthcare workers, patients, caregivers and travel contacts, according to Africanews.