Ebola: 2 Nigerians Confirmed Positive In Sierra Leone – Minister By Winifred Ogbebo and Victor Okeke — Nov 6, 2014 | 5 Comments The minister of state for health, Dr Khaliru Alhassan, has disclosed that health officials in Sierra Leone have officially informed the ministry that two Nigerians resident in Freetown have been diagnosed with Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). He said that one of the Nigerians is a 27-year-old indigene of Abia State, while the other is a 22-year-old indigene of Edo State. The minister, who made this disclosure in Uyo, Akwa Ibom, when he briefed the press on EVD at the just-concluded National Council on Health Meeting, said that details of the two cases will be made available when full investigation of their status is concluded. He stressed that from the information available to the ministry, both Nigerians received treatment in isolation centres in Freetown, Sierra Leone, adding that one of them has been successfully treated and...
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