10 things you should know about the Ebola situation, West Africa
- The first victim who died is a doctor identified as Iyke Enemuo
- Dr. Enemuo died of Ebola at the Good Heart Hospital in Port Harcourt on Friday, August 22, 2014
- Before his death, he practiced at the Sam Steel clinic on theEast West Road in Rumuokoro
- He was infected with the disease by an ECOWAS diplomat who he treated secretly in a hotel
- The ECOWAS diplomat was infected after he came in contact with Liberian American, Patrick Sawyer, the index case.
- The unidentified diplomat escaped quarantine and travelled to Port Harcourt
- The diplomat recovered from the disease and returned to Lagos but the doctor died
- Enemuo’s wife, also a doctor, has shown symptoms of the disease and has been quarantined
- The couple’s 3 month old baby has also been quarantined and 70 other people are being observed
- The incident has been confirmed by the Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu and the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi
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