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| Dr Brantly seen here with his wife and two children was the first American Missionary to contract Ebola, He survived. |
A 19 year old student of Law at
Ahmadu Bello University has been diagnosed with the deadly Ebola virus in
Kaduna.
News reports indicate that the PRO
of the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, ABUTH, Bilyaminu Umar,
confirmed the case yesterday Monday, September 1st when contacted via phone;
saying that the student was diagnosed at ABUTH, Shika, Zaria.
"Yes, there was a case of a
suspected Ebola patient. He is with the Faculty of Law, ABU, Zaria and will be
placed on isolation.” he said
Meanwhile an American doctor working in
Liberia has tested positive for the Ebola virus after working with obstetrics
patients at a missionary hospital in Monrovia, the Christian organization SIM
USA said on Tuesday.
The
North Carolina-based group did not identify the doctor, who had not been
treating the Ebola patients hospitalized in isolation on the missionary's
sprawling campus.
It
is not yet known how the physician contracted the often deadly virus, the
organization said.
"The
doctor is doing well and is in good spirits," SIM USA said in a statement.
The
worst Ebola outbreak in history has infected more than 3,000 people and killed
some 1,550 since it was first detected early this year in West Africa,
according to the World Health Organization.
The crisis appears to be
worsening, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday, predicting the number of
Ebola cases will keep rising in the next two weeks.
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