Nigeria’s Health Ministry has reported an Ebola death in its oil-rich Niger Delta, the first confirmed case outside of the commercial capital Lagos.
An unnamed medical doctor died from the virus in Port Harcourt, the capital of southern River State, on August 22, Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu has told dpa.
“Following the report of the death by the doctor’s widow the next day, the case was thoroughly investigated and laboratory analysis showed that the doctor died from Ebola,” the minister said.
GNA