Nigeria, Oct. 7 -- Nigeria is reviewing its Ebola preparedness after Kenya confirmed an imported case of the Bundibugyo virus, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said.

The NCDC said the case highlights the risk of "international importation" of the virus through travel and population movement, "including the possibility of the virus being imported into Nigeria."

The agency announced this Tuesday night in a statement signed by its Director-General, Jide Idris. It noted that "as of 6 October, there is no confirmed case of Ebola disease in Nigeria."

The case makes Kenya the fourth country to report a case linked to the current Bundibugyo virus outbreak, following the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Uganda...