5 Nigerian Ebola Patients Recovering, 61 Suspects Cleared

The Nigerian Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu has said that 5 of the people who were diagnosed with Ebola are almost fully recovered.

Chukwu disclosed this via a press statement released yesterday, August 17, 2014.

The minister said that Nigeria had a total of 12 confirmed Ebola patients, 4 of whom have died.

Also the number of people being watched for symptoms of the disease has reduced as 61 of them have been cleared.

This was revealed by the Governor of Lagos, Babatunde Fashola during a broadcast.

The first case of Ebola in Nigeria was reported in Lagos after infected Liberian-American, Patrick Sawyer came into the country with the disease.