Eight suspected cases of infection with Ebola virus have been reported in Lagos, Nigeria , and involve people who had contact with the first victim died last month, said Tuesday the Health Commissioner. A single case has yet been confirmed.
The authorities established surveillance on everyone who had contact with Patrick Sawyer, an American-Liberian national who succumbed to the disease in Lagos in July after arriving by plane from Liberia. The second confirmed case of contamination concerns the doctor who took care of Patrick Sawyer.
The Commissioner for Health Jide Idris also said six people came in contact with Patrick Sawyer had been quarantined but had no symptoms. https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lefigaro.fr%2Fflash-actu%2F2014%2F08%2F05%2F97001-20140805FILWWW00271-nigeria-huit-cas-presumes-d-ebola.php&edit-text=
