Nigeria records second case in Lagos
Nigeria has recorded its
second Ebola case - that of one of the doctors who treated a man who
died from the virus after his arrival from Liberia.
The health minister said a further eight people who came into contact with him have been placed in quarantine.This year's outbreak, the worst ever, has centered on Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, killing 887 people.
New figures from the UN show that between 31 July and 1 August, 61 deaths were reported.
Meanwhile, Liberia has ordered that the bodies of people killed by the Ebola virus must be cremated following the refusal of some communities to allow the burial of Ebola victims on their land.
Airports in Nigeria are now screening passengers for Ebola on their arrival
The virus spreads by contact with infected blood and bodily
fluids - and touching the body of someone who has died of Ebola is
particularly dangerous.Health experts say burial ceremonies have played a role in the transmission of the virus.
The evacuation of the second US health worker to become infected in Liberia is expected early on Tuesday morning.
Nancy Writebol will be flown to Atlanta in the US to a special isolation ward at Emory University Hospital, where Dr Kent Brantly, who arrived from Liberia on Saturday, is being treated by infectious disease specialists.
Operation Octopus Nigeria's Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu said that in total 70 people were traced who had come into contact with the man who died there, Patrick Sawyer.