Thursday, 28 August 2014

Nigeria reportedly records new Ebola death in Port Harcourt

According to a report on Sahara Reporters, a doctor resident in Port
Harcourt who treated a diplomat that had direct contact with late
Patrick Sawyer in Lagos, died last week Friday August 22nd from Ebola
virus disease. Ironically, the diplomat he treated is still alive.

The unidentified doctor had taken the diplomat to an undisclosed hotel
in Port Harcourt to secretly treat him after the diplomat failed to
turn himself in during the search for those who had direct contact
with the late Patrick Sawyer.

The late doctors wife has reportedly fallen ill and has been
quarantined in Port Harcourt. Continue...

Meanwhile the hospital where the doctor works, Good Heart Hospital as
well as the hotel the diplomat was secretly treated has been shut down
and sealed by the Rivers state government.

The Minister of Health who had on Tuesday August 26th announced that
Nigeria had only one case of Ebola is expected to make a statement
today August 28th regarding this new development.

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