#Ebola-- Two New Cases Of Ebola Confirmed By FG

            At a press conference in Lagos yesterday, Jide Idris, the state’s Health Commissioner, told journalists that five new suspected Ebola virus cases were brought to the isolation ward of the Yaba Mainland Hospital in Lagos on Tuesday, with two of these 5 cases being secondary contacts linked to Patrick Sawyer-the Liberian-American who imported the virus into the country.
Now, the Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, has today confirmed two new cases of Ebola in the country.
Mr. Chukwu said the new cases are spouses of the primary contacts of the index case, Patrick Sawyer, adding that the new cases are the first secondary contacts to test positive to the deadly virus that has killed five people in Nigeria.
Nigeria was free of Ebola until July 20 when Mr. Sawyer arrived. He became terribly ill on his flight and was rushed to the First Consultant Hospital Obalende, Lagos, where he died on July 24.