Wednesday, August 06, 2014

Ebola Virus Claims First Nigerian Victim


One of the nurses that attended to the Liberian, Ebola Virus victim, Patrick Sawyerr, has been confirmed dead of the virus, Agency reports.

She is the first Nigerian casualty of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease in Lagos. 

The Minister of Health, Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu, made the announcement yesterday in a press briefing in Abuja, saying that the first Nigerian Ebola Virus victim, was one of the nurses that attended to the Liberian, Patrick Sawyerr, who also died of the disease in a Lagos hospital.

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