The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, on Sunday said two fresh Ebola cases have been uncovered in Lagos.
Chukwu, who was in Lagos in continuation of the regular media briefing on the outbreak of the Ebola virus in Nigeria, said 139 persons are under observation for traces of the disease.
Among the 139 persons, the minister said, are 48 passengers, who were on the Asky Airlines flight that brought in late Liberian-America, Patrick Sawyer, into Nigeria from Liberia.
He described the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa as a “global emergency”.
With the discovery of the two fresh full blown cases of Ebola, nine persons are now known to have come down with the disease in Nigeria.
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