Nigerian Ebola 事例／患者s rise to 18, deaths up to 7
ABUJA, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Nigeria now has 18 Ebola 事例／患者s, after a fourth 事例／患者 surfaced in Port Harcourt, home to Africa's biggest oil and gas 産業, the health 大臣 said on Wednesday.
The Ebola 突発／発生 in Africa's most populous country began on July 20 when a Liberian man with the 病気 崩壊（する）d at Lagos airport, spreading the ウイルス to the hospital staff who 扱う／治療するd him.
A man who had travelled with him then skipped 検疫 and travelled to Port Harcourt, bringing the 病気 there. A doctor died in the oil city last week. Health 大臣 Onyebuchi Chukwu said a 患者 he had 扱う／治療するd had also now died.
A total of 255 people were under 監視 in Port Harcourt, while 41 were in Lagos. (報告（する）／憶測ing by Felix Onuah; 令状ing by Tim Cocks; editing by Ralph Boulton)
