Widow of Port Harcourt doctor victim also has virus----Rivers govt

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Widow of Nigeria's sixth Ebola victim also has virus: state government

Published on Aug 31, 2014 8:06 PM
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The front view of Samstel Clinic & Maternity owned by the late Dr Ike Enemuo, who contracted the Ebola virus after treating an official from the ECOWAS regional bloc at Rumokoro in Port Harcout, Rivers State on Aug 29, 2014. The widow of Dr Enemuo has also tested positive for the virus, the state government said on Sunday, Aug 31. -- PHOTO: AFP
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (AFP) - The widow of a doctor who died from Ebola in Nigeria's oil city of Port Harcourt has also tested positive for the virus, the state government said on Sunday.
Rivers State health commissioner Sampson Parker said test results showed the woman had the disease, which claimed the life of her husband, Dr Ike Enemuo, on Aug 22.
Dr Enemuo fell ill and died after treating an official from the ECOWAS regional bloc who travelled to Port Harcourt after having contact with a Liberian man who brought the virus into Nigeria.
The doctor was the sixth to die from the virus in Nigeria and the first outside Lagos, raising fears about the spread of the haemmorhagic fever just as it was thought to have been contained.
- See more at: http://www.straitstimes.com/news/world/more-world-stories/story/widow-nigerias-sixth-ebola-victim-also-has-virus-state-governmen#sthash.n2UiTJgP.dpufThe widow of a doctor who died from Ebola in Nigeria's oil city of Port Harcourt has also tested positive for the virus, the state government said on Sunday.The widow of a doctor who died from Ebola in Nigeria's oil city of Port Harcourt has also tested positive for the virus, the state government said on Sunday.
The widow of a doctor who died from Ebola in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has also tested positive for the virus, the state government said on Sunday.
According to AFP, the Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Dr Sampson Parker has said that test results showed the woman had the disease, which claimed the life of her husband, Dr Ike Enemuo, on August  22.
Dr Enemuo fell ill and died after treating an official from the ECOWAS regional bloc who travelled to Port Harcourt after having contact with a Liberian man who brought the virus into Nigeria.
The doctor was the sixth to die from the virus in Nigeria and the first outside Lagos, raising fears about the spread of the haemmorhagic fever just as it was thought to have been contained.
Rivers State health commissioner Sampson Parker said test results showed the woman had the disease, which claimed the life of her husband, Dr Ike Enemuo, on Aug 22.
Dr Enemuo fell ill and died after treating an official from the ECOWAS regional bloc who travelled to Port Harcourt after having contact with a Liberian man who brought the virus into Nigeria.
The doctor was the sixth to die from the virus in Nigeria and the first outside Lagos, raising fears about the spread of the haemmorhagic fever just as it was thought to have been contained.
- See more at: http://www.straitstimes.com/news/world/more-world-stories/story/widow-nigerias-sixth-ebola-victim-also-has-virus-state-governmen#sthash.n2UiTJgP.dpuf

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