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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.