Today, 6th of August, the
Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, at a news conference in Abuja said
a that a Nigerian nurse has died from the Ebola Virus. According to him the
nurse worked at the Lagos hospital where Liberian Patrick Sawyer was treated.
He said she died yesterday August 5th and that five medical
practitioners who interacted with Sawyer have been confirmed to have contracted
the deadly virus.
Yesterday, 5th August, 2014, the first known Nigerian to die
of the Ebola Viral Disease was recorded. The Minister also noted that all the
Nigerians diagnosed with the disease had primary contact with the late Liberian
man.
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