The Nigerian Health Minister has today confirmed and recorded a first Ebola death in Port Harcourt Rivers State.
It was unofficially recorded yesterday that the doctor whose name is yet to be provided died on 22nd Of August in Port Harcourt.
The top Nigerian health official confirmed August 28 the information:
“This primary contact of Mr. Sawyer’s evaded our surveillance
team in the last week of July 2014 and travelled out of Lagos to Port
Harcourt where, as we now understand, he consulted with a doctor and was
apparently treated for some symptoms.”
“Following the report of this 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 deceased secretly treated a diplomat who had contacted the first
Ebola victim in Nigeria, Patrick Sawyer (the index case). It was also
confirmed that the man’s wife and 70 more people were placed under
surveillance.
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Ebola Recorded In Port Harcourt
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