Doctor confirmed as second Ebola case in Nigeria
Seoul university withdraws students’ invite to Nigerians as outbreak toll hits 887
Nigeria has confirmed the country's second case of Ebola in a doctor who treated a Liberian man who died of the virus last month in Lagos.
This comes as a South Korean university rescinded an invitation for three Nigerians to attend a conference and a group of South Korean medical volunteers called off a trip to West Africa amid growing concerns about the spread of the deadly virus. World Health Organisation said yesterday that the Ebola death toll had grown from 729 to 887 in recent days.
Nigeria, whose population of about 170 million is more people than Germany and France combined, recorded its first case of Ebola after an infected Liberian man, Patrick Sawyer, flew into Lagos, Africa's largest city, and died on July 25.
"As of today, one of the doctors that treated the late Mr Sawyer has tested positive for the Ebola virus," Nigeria's health minister Onyebuchi Chukwu said. He said that eight of the 70 other people believed to have come in contact with the dead man had been quarantined in an isolation ward.
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The emergence of a second case raises serious concerns about the infection control practices in Nigeria, and also raises the spectre that more cases could emerge.