Nigeria has confirmed a new case of Ebola in the financial capital, Lagos, bringing the total number in the country to 10. The health minister, Onyebuchi Chukwu, said the latest confirmed case was a female nurse who came into contact with a Liberian-American man, Patrick Sawyer, who died of Ebola in a Lagos hospital on 25 July.
Another nurse who had contact with him died last week, while seven other people have been confirmed to have the virus in the city, he added. "The 10th case actually was one of the nurses who also had primary contact with the index case. When he [Sawyer] got ill, we then brought her into isolation," the minister told a news conference in Abuja. "We just tested her over the weekend. So, that's what made it 10. So, between Friday and today we had one additional case. That brings it to 10 and the 10 includes the index case."
Chukwu said the nurse was undergoing treatment and her husband was under surveillance.
Meanwhile, NMA boss Kayode Obembe announced the suspension of the strike on Thursday, citing the need to help tackle the Ebola crisis. But other key players in the union refused to follow his directive, saying the government had not met any of their demands. Obembe has reportedly resigned as the NMA president.
"It is unfortunate that one mad man brought Ebola to us, but we have to contain it, we have to!.
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