Liberia Ebola Victim 'Knew' He was Infected
The Liberian man who is reported to have traveled to Nigeria while infected with the Ebola virus looked "terribly ill" at the airport in Monrovia and might have known he was infected before boarding the plane, according to reports.
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Liberia:
Sawyer Widow Cites Poor Healthcare for Hubby Misjudgment
FrontPageAfrica, 14 August 2014
"I knew Patrick better than anybody else (including himself). He had told me many times in the past how much he didn't trust the Liberian health care system. He would tell me about… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Ebola - Why Patrick Sawyer Travelled to Nigeria - Wife
Premium Times, 13 August 2014
The widow of late Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian who brought Ebola into Nigeria, has defended her husband's decision to travel to Africa's most populous country, saying he did so in… Read more »
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Liberia:
Muah Shifts, Reveals Sawyer's Deception Over Nigeria Trip
FrontPageAfrica, 13 August 2014
"The fact that he requested e-tickets and I was NOT copied on those communications says that he did not want me informed. But I have a process of approval and believed that any… Read more »
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Nigeria:
I Owe No One Any Apology Says Minister Who Cleared Patrick Sawyer to Travel
Vanguard, 14 August 2014
LIBERIA's deputy finance minister, Sebastian Omar, who cleared Patrick Sawyer to travel, yesterday, defended himself against charges of incompetence for clearing Sawyer to travel… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Ebola - Patrick Sawyer's a Terrorist, Deserves to Rot in Hell, Says Presidency
This Day, 13 August 2014
As the authorities continue to fashion out modalities on how to deal with the outbreak of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the country, the Presidency has tagged the… Read more »
InFocus
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An Ecowas official who assisted the Liberian-American Ebola victim Patrick Sawyer in Lagos has died from the dreaded virus, raising the deaths to three in the country. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Sawyer Was Mad to Bring Ebola Here - Jonathan
Vanguard, 12 August 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, described the late American-Liberian, Patrick Sawyer's visit that heralded the entry of the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, into the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Ebola - Patrick Sawyer Escaped Quarantine
This Day, 8 August 2014
It has been revealed that the Liberian, Mr. Patrick Sawyer, who travelled to Lagos from Monrovia and became Nigeria's index case for the Ebola virus was actually under surveillance… Read more »
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Nigeria:
How Liberia Cleared Sawyer to Travel While Under Ebola Observation
Premium Times, 12 August 2014
The Liberian Government was aware that Patrick Sawyer, its citizen who brought the Ebola virus into Nigeria, had possibly contracted the virus from his late sister, yet cleared him… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Video Shows Patrick Sawyer, Was 'Terribly Ill' Before Traveling to Nigeria
Premium Times, 7 August 2014
Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian man who brought the Ebola virus into Nigerian, looked "terribly ill" and might have known he was infected with the virus before traveling to Nigeria,… Read more »
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Liberia:
Sawyer's Final Hours in Lagos - 'Indiscipline', Rage, Strange
FrontPageAfrica, 31 July 2014
Barely 24 hours before his death, Patrick Sawyer had a rather strange - and in the words of medical and diplomatic sources here, "Indiscipline" encounter with nurses and health… Read more »
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Liberia:
Patrick Sawyer's Last Hours At Spriggs
New Dawn, 6 August 2014
Images from a Close Circuit Television (CCTV) monitored here at the James Spriggs Payne's Airport have shown how the late Patrick Sawyer was terribly ill before boarding the… Read more »
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Liberia:
Finance Minister, Others Under Ebola Surveillance
New Republic, 30 July 2014
Credible reports reaching The New Republic newspaper indicate that several senior officials of the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning are being placed under surveillance… Read more »
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Liberia:
MOF Officials Under Ebola Surveillance
New Dawn, 29 July 2014
Several senior level officials at the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning have been placed under 21 days observatory surveillance. Read more »
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Liberia:
Arik Air Suspends Operation
New Dawn, 29 July 2014
One of Nigeria's foremost airlines, Arik Air on Monday announced that it was suspending all flight operations to Liberia and Sierra Leone following the widespread of Ebola diseases… Read more »
Ebola outbreak.
InFocus
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There are growing concerns about how travelling within Africa will be affected by the spread of the deadly Ebola virus - a concern the World Health Organisation is addressing by ... Read more »
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Authorities are in the process of tracing 30, 000 people who may be at risk of contracting the Ebola disease.
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Nollywood actor Jim Iyke has sparked a social media outcry with calls for his quarantine after a business trip to Liberia was cut short when news spread of the Ebola virus outbreak ... Read more »