First Ebola patients in Nigeria and Kenya might have crossed paths at Uganda airport

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The first Ebola patients confirmed in Kenya and Nigeria might have crossed paths at an airport in Uganda earlier this month, African health officials said Thursday as they race to trace and slow an outbreak that has spread to several African countries.Both patients are known to have traveled through Uganda's Entebbe International Airport on Oct. 3, said Dr. Wessam Mankoula, head of emergency preparedness and response at the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.“One of the issues we are currently investigating has been some sort of interaction between the two cases at the airport,” Mankoula said.Nigerian Health Minister Muhammed Pate said Nigeria's case remains contained and that contact-tracing is in progress. “We are trying to contain it so it doesn’t go out to the communities. Hopefully, it won’t get to that and we are working hard to ensure that,” Pate said.The current Ebola outbreak emerged in Congo in May and the disease has since been detected i