Nigeria: Lagos Records Five New Suspected Ebola Cases From Sawyer Contacts

21 August 2014

The Lagos State Government yesterday disclosed that its contact tracing team had discovered five additional suspected cases of Ebola virus, which were brought in on Tuesday, adding that it had not foreclosed new cases. Of the new unconfirmed cases discovered in the state, the state government said three had primary contact with the Liberian-American, Mr. Patrick Sawyer, while two others were secondary contacts.

The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, gave the update at a news conference he addressed at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, Alausa, Lagos, alongside his Special Duties and Information and Strategy counterparts, Dr. Wale Ahmed and Mr. Aderemi Ibirogba, among others.

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