Breaking News: Doctor who treated dead Liberian of Ebola tests positive

Semiu Salami
Semiu Salami

A Lagos doctor who treated the Liberian man, Patrick Sawyer, that died few days ago of Ebola Virus has tested positive to the Virus, Nigeria’s Minister of Health said on Monday.

Late Sawyer flew in to Lagos en-route a trip to Calabar for an official assignment but fell ill in the aircraft.

The Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, also said that eight persons that had first degree contact with the Liberian before he got to the hospital had also been quarantined and are under strict observation.

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