Nigeria confirms two new cases of Ebola, 14 in total

22/08/2014 - 12:58

LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria confirmed two new cases of Ebola, both in patients who caught the disease from people who were primary contacts of the Liberian man who first brought it to Lagos, the health minister said on Friday.

The total number of recorded cases in the country is now 14, Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu told a news conference.

(Reporting by Camillus; Writing by Tim Cocks, editing by John Stonestreet)