Nigeria Announces Eight More Suspected Cases of Ebola
Nigeria Announces Eight More Suspected Cases of Ebola
Nigeria has confirmed eight new suspected cases of the Ebola virus
Tuesday. All eight had come into contact with Liberian-American Patrick
Sawyer, who died from the virus after landing in Lagos airport last
month.
The country is
the fourth to have confirmed cases of the virus, following the
outbreaks in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. According to the latest W.H.O. report, 887 people have died of Ebola across West Africa.
The news comes the same day the second American infected in the outbreak, Nancy Writebol, arrived in the U.S.
to be treated at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, the same site
where the first American, Dr. Kent Brantly, is also staying. Both have received doses of an experimental serum and have shown improvement.
Stateside,
a man in New York City's Mount Sinai Medical Center is undergoing
testing for the virus after recently traveling to West Africa and
exhibiting symptoms that could be attributed to Ebola. Health
Commissioner Dr. Mary Basset said in a press conference, however, that
the patient most likely does not have the disease, and that the city would be prepared to combat Ebola if it were to arrive:
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