Liberian Man Infected with Ebola Virus Dies in Lagos *PHOTOS & DETAILS INSIDE*

Mr. Patrick Sawyer, a WASH consultant at the Ministry of Finance in Liberia, who had been quarantined since falling ill after arriving in the Nigerian state of Lagos fora conference last Sunday, has died. A Liberian government official, said the news of Sawyer's death was relayed to Liberia by the Nigerian embassy, early Friday morning as he passed on, on the Night of Thursday July 24th. Nigerian government health authorities announced Thursday that Sawyer, who is 40 was being tested for the deadly Ebola virus at First Consultant Medical Centre, in Obalande, Lagos. Sawyer is believed to have contracted the virus from his sister, who died at the Catholic Hospital some three weeks ago. He had told friends that the sister husband had fled the home after the wife died and that he(Patrick) convinced him to report to health authorities to check for signs of Ebola. On Thursday, a spokesman for the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva confirmed Nigeria had "one suspect case" and said samples had been sent to a WHO lab for testing. The special adviser on public health to the Lagos state government, Yewande Adeshina, told a news conference that Sawyer had collapsed on arrival at Lagos airport from Liberia on Sunday. He was rushed to hospital and put in an isolation ward, she said. "The patient was admitted and detained on suspicion of possible EBV (Ebola virus) infection, while blood sample collection and testing was initiated," she said in her statement, adding that "results are pending."

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