Five Test Positive as Nigerian Nurse Dies of Ebola
One of the Nigerian nurse who treated Patrick Sawyer has died from Ebola virus, the Nigerian government confirmed to journalists in Abuja Wednesday morning.
The female nurse who was yet to be named due to fears her family might be stigmatized, died on Tuesday at Obalande Lagos.
The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, confirmed that five more people tested positive to the virus. All six who tested positive, including the late nurse, were in primary contact with the Liberian, Mr. Sawyer, who died in a Lagos hospital late July after arriving from Liberia.
The nurse is the first known Nigerian to die of the virus which kills up to 90% of those infected and has claimed over 800 lives.
The minister reassured Nigerians, that the government is working hard to ensure the containment of the outbreak.
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The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, confirmed that five more people tested positive to the virus. All six who tested positive, including the late nurse, were in primary contact with the Liberian, Mr. Sawyer, who died in a Lagos hospital late July after arriving from Liberia.
The nurse is the first known Nigerian to die of the virus which kills up to 90% of those infected and has claimed over 800 lives.
The minister reassured Nigerians, that the government is working hard to ensure the containment of the outbreak.
Five Test Positive as Nigerian Nurse Dies of Ebola
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