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Nigerian soldier tests positive

The infected UN peacekeeper tested positive to the disease on Wednesday, December 3 and the diagnosis was announced by the United Nations the next day.

A Nigerian soldier has tested positive to the Ebola Virus Disease in Liberia, the United Nations has said.

The infected UN peacekeeper tested positive to the disease on Wednesday, December 3 and the diagnosis was announced by the organization the next day.

Plans for the unidentified soldier to be flown to the Netherlands for treatment are underway, Inge Freriksen, a spokesperson for the Dutch Health Ministry said on Friday, December 5.

The patient is expected to arrive in Amsterdam at the weekend and will be isolated in a "calamity unit" at the University Medical Center in Utrecht.

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The Ebola outbreak has claimed over 6,000 lives this year but cases of the disease are said to be on the decline in Liberia.

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