Nigeria: Amaechi Urges Calm As Rivers Confirms First Ebola Death

29 August 2014

Port Harcourt and Abuja — Following the confirmation of the death of a victim, Dr. Ike Samuel Enemuo, of the Ebola virus in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, the state governor, Chibuike Amaechi, has urged the people of the state to remain calm as the state is capable of containing the spread of the disease.

With the death of Enemuo, the federal government also yesterday revised the number of Ebola cases in the country to 15, including the index case, Mr. Patrick Sawyer, while the total number of cases treated in isolation ward was put at 13.

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