REVEALED: Nigerian nurse with suspected Ebola, fled quarantine centre in Lagos for Enugu

A nurse who had close contact with a Liberian Ebola patient skipped quarantine in Lagos and went to her home in the eastern city of Enugu, where she made contact with 20 other people, the government said on Wednesday.


Information Minister Labaran Maku said the nurse, herself a suspected case, and her 20 contacts were all under surveillance in Enugu.

NigerianEye gathered that while 177 are being quarantined in Lagos where the index case was reported, 21 persons are being attended to in Enugu.

Bringing the total number of quarantined patents to 198.