OK, this is getting confusing. On Tuesday August
26th, Nigeria's Health Minister, Prof. Onyebuchi
Chukwu said there was only case of Ebola in
Nigeria, now he's confirmed that a doctor indeed
died in Port Harcourt from Ebola. His name is
Ikye Enemoah.
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 disease,
the doctor's wife and the diplomat he treated. The
wife has been quarantined and the diplomat
under surveillance. So Ebola has moved from
Lagos to Port Harcourt?
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