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Saturday, August 23, 2014

Ebola: Spouses of dead victims test positive



The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, has said there are two new confirmed cases of the Ebola Virus Disease in the country.  Chukwu at a media briefing in Abuja on Thursday morning, said the confirmed cases had had secondary connection with the index case, the Liberian-American, Patrick Sawyer.
Chukwu said, 
“The two patients are spouses of those that had primary contacts with Sawyer. They are among the secondary contacts that have been under surveillance.
“This now brings to four the total number of Ebola patients currently under treatment at the isolation ward.
“This also means that the total number of cases of EVD cases so far reported in the country to 14.”

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