Nigerian doctor who treated Liberian man tests positive to Ebola virus

Posted by: b3rrilyn in News Aug 4, 2014

One of the doctors who attended to Ebola victim in Lagos has contracted the virus.

A Liberian man, Patrick Sawyer, was the first Ebola case in Nigeria after travelling into lagos from Liberia already infected with the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).

The �minister of health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, confirmed the report saying two�other people under quarantine have developed symptoms of the virus �but it is not certain yet if they have the disease.”

Chukwu also revealed that 8 out of the 70 people established to have had�contact with the late Liberian are now being quarantined.

The minister also revealed�the plans of the federal government to constitute a team to find the cure for Ebola.�