Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, speaking 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 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
The Minister noted that all Nigerians diagnosed with the disease had primary contact with the late Liberian man. He then 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."Nigeria has now recorded seven confirmed cases of Ebola Virus Disease. The first one was the index case, which is the imported case from Liberia of which the victim is now late. Yesterday, 5th August, 2014, the first known Nigerian to die of the EVD was recorded and this was one of the nurses that attended to the Liberian. The other five cases are currently being treated at the Isolation Ward in Lagos.” he said
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