Friday 5 December 2014

Nigerian soldier tests positive to Ebola virus

A Nigerian soldier who has contracted Ebola inside Liberia will be flown to Netherlands this weekend for treatment, according to U.N mission.

The Nigerian soldier will go into isolation at a "calamity unit" at the University Medical Center Utrecht. He is expected to arrive in Amsterdam over the weekend and be transferred by ambulance to nearby Utrecht, the statement said.

The mission has so far identified 16 people who came into contact with the recently infected soldier, and they have been quarantined.

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