Nigeria Confirms Eight Cases, Two Deaths From Ebola Virus

A nurse in Nigeria suspected of contracting Ebola from a Liberian man who died of the virus has become the eighth person being treated in Africa’s most-populous nation, Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu said.

Patrick Sawyer, a Liberian state worker, died from Ebola five days after flying into Nigeria’s commercial hub of Lagos, while a healthcare worker who had been involved in his treatment later died of the virus. All the cases have been found in Lagos. About 177 people who may have come into contact with the virus are being monitored or isolated, Chukwu said.