Nigeria: Planes and Viruses - Nigeria Confronts Ebola Scare

It is uncertain just how many people came in contact with Patrick Sawyer the day he boarded an Asky flight in Liberia, stopped over in Ghana, changed planes in Togo and arrived Nigeria, where he died of Ebola haemorrhagic fever.

What is certain is that on July 20, Ebola, one of the most fatal diseases in human history, scaled the borders of four different countries--the Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin--flew nearly three hours by air, crossing more than 2,000km and appeared at international arrivals at Murtala Muhammad Airport in Lagos.

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