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| Patrick Sawyer (Now Deceased) |
The Liberian Government
on Thursday apologized to Nigeria over the importation of the deadly Ebola
Virus by a Liberian-born American, Patrick Sawyer, the Punch reports.
Sawyer arrived Lagos on
July 20th from Lome but died five days after he was admitted into a hospital in
Obalende when he showed Ebola virus disease symptoms.
The Nigerian Minister of
State for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Nurudeem Mohammed, told journalists in Abuja
that President Ellen Sirleaf-Johnson, was deeply sorry that Sawyer brought the
virus to Nigeria. He said that the
deceased was under surveillance in Liberia but that he sneaked into Lagos.
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