Speaking
with newsmen in Abuja today, the Minister said the doctor died on
Friday
Aug. 22nd after treating a diplomat who had direct contact with Patrick
Sawyer, the first case of Ebola virus disease in Nigeria. He
said laboratory analysis on his corpse showed he died from Ebola.
Following the report of his death by the doctor's
widow the next day, the case had been thoroughly investigated and
laboratory analysis showed that this doctor died from EVD (Ebola Virus
Disease" the Minister told reporters in Abuja
He also confirmed to reporters that two people in Port Harcourt have
contracted the Ebola Virus disease. So Ebola has moved from Lagos to
Port Harcourt?
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