Look on the bright side: it may eliminate Boko Haram.
"Liberian official dead of Ebola virus" Associated Press July 26, 2014
ABUJA, Nigeria — West Africa’s current Ebola outbreak has spread to a fourth country, after an ill Liberian man developed symptoms on a plane ride to Nigeria and later died.
As soon as the plane landed Tuesday, the 40-year-old passenger, a Liberian government official on his way to a conference, was moved into an isolation ward. He died Friday.
It is the first case of Ebola to be confirmed in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, since the outbreak began in West Africa earlier this year, according to Nigerian Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu.
Ebola, one of the world’s most deadly and contagious diseases, has killed at least 660 and infected 1,093 in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, and now Nigeria, according to the World Health Organization.
And there is NO CURE!
‘‘All ports of entry into Nigeria including airports, seaports, and land borders are placed on red alert,’’ he said. ‘‘Ministry of Health specialists have been positioned in all entry points. Active surveillance has also been stepped up.’’
Authorities are currently investigating all persons who may have come into contact with the man who died, said Chukwu. ‘‘We have already gotten in touch with all the passengers.”
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Related: CDC Slowing Releasing Infectious Agents
This the first Globe flare-up since.
NEXT DAY UPDATE:
"American doctor tests positive for ebola
ABUJA — An American doctor working with Ebola patients in Liberia has tested positive for the deadly virus, the North Carolina-based Samaritan’s Purse said Saturday. Dr. Kent Brantly was being treated in Monrovia. He has a family practice in Fort Worth. Meanwhile, Nigerian officials raced to stop the spread of Ebola after an infected man brought it by plane to Lagos, Africa’s largest city with 21 million people. That the traveler from Liberia could board an international flight raised fears others could take the disease beyond Africa."
That's the plan.
