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
"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
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.
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