UPDATE 3-Nigeria government confirms Ebola case in megacity of Lagos

[Warren Stupidity]

Source: Reuters


* Liberian man died of the disease on Friday, ministry says

* He fell ill on arrival on Sunday, was isolated in a hospital

* Ebola has killed 660 people in West Africa (Adds WHO hasn't had results back)

By Felix Onuah and Tom Miles

ABUJA/GENEVA, July 25 (Reuters) - A Liberian man who died in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos on Friday tested positive for the deadly Ebola virus, Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu said.

Patrick Sawyer, a consultant for the Liberian finance ministry in his 40s, collapsed on Sunday after flying into Lagos, a city of 21 million people, and was taken from the airport and put in isolation in a local hospital. Nigeria confirmed earlier on Friday that he had died in quarantine.


Read more: http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/07/25/heath-ebola-nigeria-idINL6N0Q04RI20140725

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Yikes. Lagos is huge, crowded, poor sanitation, the works.

[Igel]

1. Let's see if he spread it or if they caught it in time. n/t

[dembotoz]

2. this could be a full 4 star disaster