Nigeria, Oct. 26 -- Nigeria's Ebola index patient has been evacuated from the country aboard a medical evacuation aircraft.

According to ARISE News, the woman, who is the wife of a Swiss diplomat in Nigeria, was evacuated early Monday through the private jet wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.

The news channel reported that its crew witnessed a convoy of ambulances and diplomatic vehicles arriving at the airport before a medical evacuation aircraft departed with the patient.

It added that the federal government was expected to announce the evacuation after the aircraft left Nigerian airspace.

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