A Liberian man in his 40s is being tested for the deadly
Ebola virus in Nigeria’s commercial capital of Lagos, a megacity of 21 million people,
the Lagos State Health Ministry said on Thursday.
Ebola has killed 632 people
across Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone since an outbreak began in February,
straining a string of weak health systems despite international help. Ads by
save onAd Options This would be the first recorded case of one of the world’s
deadliest diseases in Nigeria, Africa’s biggest economy and most populous
nation, with 170 million people and some of Africa’s least adequate health
infrastructure.
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