Husband And Children Of Lagos Nurse Who Died Of Ebola Are On The Run

The husband and children of the

Nigerian nurse who died after getting

infected with the Ebola virus are on the

run, the health officials in the country

have said.

Nigeria is the fourth West African

country to be hit by the Ebola outbreak

since it first emerged in March in

Guinea. The virus entered the country

when Patrick Sawyer, who was

suffering from the disease arrived by

plane late last month in Lagos.

Sawyer, who worked for the Liberian

government in Monrovia and had a wife

and three young daughters in

Minnesota, was on a business flight to

Nigeria when he fell ill.

The nurse, the only Nigerian fatality

from the disease which has killed over

900 people in four West African

countries, was exposed to the virus at a

health facility Sawyer was taken before

his death.

The nurse's family were not the first to

flee from quarantine. In Sierra

Leone, health ministry data and

officials, dozens of people confirmed by

laboratory tests to have Ebola are now

unaccounted for.

Industry watchers say the government

more increase public awareness and

sensitisation to educate the public.

Meanwhile, the World Health

Organisation (WHO) is meeting with

Nigerian Ebola Research Team on

control and remedy of the disease.

A six-man research committee was

inaugurated by the Federal Government

on August 4, 2014 with a mandate to

carry out research on the deadly

contagious virus.



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