Pointing to several recent deadly disease outbreaks, he stressed that completing a pandemic treaty was "about protecting people". Deadly outbreaks like the Ebola epidemic raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo show the urgent need to complete an international pandemic treaty. Asharq Al Awsat The only confirmed case in Nigeria of Africa's latest deadly Ebola outbreak was evacuated Monday by air from Abuja, the capital, to Switzerland, where she has citizenship.