Another Ebola Patient Dies in Port Harcourt

Another patient has been killed by the deadly #Ebola virus in Port Harcourt, Nigeria's oil city on Wednesday, bringing total deaths from the virus in Nigeria to seven.

The latest death was a patient at the isolation ward in the oil city, where a doctor died on August 22 after treating a man who had brought the disease into the state.

The other five deaths were in the financial capital, Lagos. Four were healthcare workers who had treated the Liberian, Patrick Sawyer #Vanguard says.

Health ministry spokesman Dan Nwomeh said 18 people, including the deceased, had now been confirmed as having the virus in Nigeria — 14 in Lagos and four in Port Harcourt, 435 kilometres (270 miles) away.

A total of 41 people were under surveillance in Lagos and 255 in Port Harcourt. And 320 people have been discharged in Lagos after being under surveillance for 21 days — the virus’ incubation period.

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