The Minister of Health, Prof.
Onyebuchi Chukwu, today August 6th at a news conference in Abuja said a
Nigerian nurse has died from the Ebola Virus. He said the nurse worked at
the Lagos hospital where Liberian Patrick Sawyer was treated. He also said she
died yesterday August 5th. He also revealed that five medical
practitioners who interacted with Sawyer have been confirmed to have contracted
the deadly virus.
So far Nigeria has recorded seven confirmed cases of Ebola
Virus Disease. The first was the index case, which is the imported case from
Liberia (Victim is late).
Yesterday, 5th August, 2014, the first known Nigerian to die
of the EVD was recorded. She was one of the nurses that attended to the
Liberian. Five other cases are currently being treated at the Isolation Ward in
Lagos.
The
Minister noted that all Nigerians diagnosed with the disease had primary contact
with the late Liberian man. The Minister has announced the appointment of Prof.
O. Onajole, of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, who will be based in
Lagos, as the Director, Communication and Community Mobilisation for the Ebola
Virus Disease.
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