The latest news on Ebola as of today is:
Confirmed cases
19 confirmed cases. Lagos (15), Port Harcourt (4)
Source: Ministry of Health 8 September
Total cases (*)
19 confirmed cases with 7 deaths as at 8 September.
Source: Ministry of Health 8 September
UPDATES
8 September
The Ministry of Health has reported 19 confirmed cases, 15 in Lagos and 4 in Port Harcourt. The nineteenth case is the fiance of one of the primary contacts of the index case. He had a mild illness and has recovered. The sister of the Port Harcourt doctor who died has been discharged from the isolation ward. Lagos has 27 contacts under surveillance and Port Harcourt has 477.
There is some small good news as the Nigerian army is at last fighting back and according to Reuters has retaken the strategically important town of Bama, blocking the advance of BH towards Maiduguri. This time the Nigeria Air Force managed to attack BH fighters, not our own army :roll eyes:
However BH is now advancing into Adamawa state:
In addition to the fighting in Borno state, another Boko Haram column over the weekend pushed southwards into neighbouring Adamawa state, overrunning one town, Gulak, and attacking at least one more, Michika.
Locals reported the raiders were burning Christian churches, police stations and government offices as they went.
Nigeria's military had deployed reinforcements to Adamawa state to confront this threat, and was setting up roadblocks and positions around Mubi to prevent the militants from advancing further south, the government official in Abuja said.
Many local residents were fleeing to Yola, the Adamawa state capital, or to Gombe city in neighbouring Gombe state.