On Tuesday August 26th, Nigeria's Health Minister, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu said there clearly was only one case of Ebola in Nigeria, now he's confirmed that the doctor indeed died in Port Harcourt from Ebola. His name is Ikye Enemoah.
Addressing newsmen in Abuja today, the Minister said the physician died on Friday Aug. 22nd after treating a diplomat who'd direct connection with Patrick Sawyer, the initial case of Ebola virus disease in Nigeria. He explained laboratory analysis on his corpse showed he died from Ebola.
"Following the report of his death by the doctor's widow the next day, the case had been thoroughly investigated and laboratory analysis showed that this doctor died from EVD (Ebola Virus Disease" the Minister told reporters in AbujaHe also confirmed to reporters that two people in Port Harcourt have contracted the Ebola disease, the doctor's wife and the diplomat he treated. The wife has been quarantined and the diplomat under surveillance. So Ebola has moved from Lagos to Port Harcourt?
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