Doctor Dies Of Ebola In Nigeria's Oil Hub Port Harcourt

Publisher:
Wochit
Publication Date:
28 August 2014
Tags:
West Africa, Nigeria, Health and Medicine

A doctor in Nigeria's oil industry hub of Port Harcourt has died from Ebola fever, after he was infected by man linked to the first case in Africa's most populous country, the Health Ministry said on Thursday. Heath Ministry spokesman Dan Nwomeh said the doctor had treated a primary contact of Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian who brought Ebola to Lagos.

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