Ebola: Nigeria records death of seventh victim

The Nigerian Ministry of Health has announced that a seventh person had died from Ebola and another person was confirmed as having the virus.

The latest death was a patient at the isolation ward in the oil city of Port Harcourt, where a doctor died on August 22 after treating a Liberian man who had brought the disease into the country.

The other five deaths were in  Lagos. Four were healthcare workers who had treated the Liberian, who also died.

Health ministry spokesman Dan Nwomeh said 18 people, including the deceased, had now been confirmed as having the virus in Nigeria — 14 in Lagos and four in Port Harcourt

Eight people who contracted the virus have been successfully treated and discharged, Nwomeh said in a series of statements on Twitter. A ninth person, who infected the Port Harcourt doctor, also recovered.