Reports reaching us indicate that another Ebola
patient has died.
A press statement by the Special Assistant on Media
to the Health Minister, Mr. Dan Nwomeh, said, “The
Honourable Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi
Chukwu regrets to announce the death, this evening,
of one of the primary contacts of the index Ebola
Virus Disease case, the most senior doctor who
participated in the management of the patient, a
female consultant physician.
“With this unfortunate development the total
number of Ebola Virus related deaths in Nigeria now
stands at five.
“The other two patients currently under treatment in
the isolation wards are stable and are being taken
care of.”

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