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Nigerian soldier cured of ebola
disease
The officer, a UN peacekeeper, was taken to the
Netherlands for treatment after he got infected
and is now free of the deadly disease.
A Nigerian soldier who contracted » Ebola in
Liberia has been cured of the disease, authorities
say.
The officer, a UN peacekeeper, was taken to the
Netherlands for treatment after he got infected and
is now free of the deadly disease.
The diagnosis was announced by the Dutch public
health institute, RIVM on Friday, December 19.
“The Nigerian patient who was admitted on
December 6 has been cured of Ebola,” the
institute said in a statement.
The soldier received care at the university hospital
in Utrecht and was Ebola patient to be treated in
the Netherlands.
He is expected to remain at the hospital until he
can return home to Nigeria. The country was
declared Ebola-free on October 20.
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