Nigeria isolates Lagos hospital where Ebola victim died

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Nigeria isolates Lagos hospital where Ebola victim died

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nigeria-isolates-lagos-hospital-where-ebola-victim-died-131342344.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4BlTiGd3j6otbbMsNmPTKA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-07-28T131342Z_1_LYNXMPEA6R0ET_RTROPTP_2_HEATH-EBOLA-NIGERIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Dr. Jide Idris, Lagos' state commissioner for Health, speaks during a news conference on the death of an Ebola victim in Lagos" align="left" title="Dr. Jide Idris, Lagos' state commissioner for Health, speaks during a news conference on the death of an Ebola victim in Lagos" border="0" /></a>By Tim Cocks LAGOS (Reuters) - The Nigerian city of Lagos shut down and quarantined on Monday a hospital where a man died of Ebola, the first recorded case of the highly infectious disease in Africa's most populous country. Patrick Sawyer, a consultant for the Liberian finance ministry aged in his 40s, collapsed on arrival at Lagos airport on July 20. The decontamination process in all the affected areas has commenced,&quot; Lagos state health commissioner Jide Idris told a news conference. Authorities are monitoring a total of 59 people who were in contact with Sawyer, including airport contacts, the Lagos state health ministry said.</p><br clear="all"/>

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