Sad news reaching us says one of the nurses that attended to the Liberian-American Ebola victim, Patrick Sawyer in Lagos is dead. The nurse, whose name is withheld by the Health Ministry, is the first Nigerian to be killed by the virus.
A statement by the Minister of Health , Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu says Nigeria now records seven confirmed cases of Ebola, including that of the Liberian-American who died in Lagos.
All six Nigerians confirmed of the virus had primary contact with the late Liberian-American during treatment.