Nigerian Peacekeeper Cured Of Ebola In Netherlands

The Hague (AFP) - A Nigerian UN peacekeeper infected with
Ebola and brought to the Netherlands for treatment has
been cured, the Dutch authorities said on Friday.
"The Nigerian patient who was admitted on December 6 has
been cured of Ebola," the Dutch public health institute RIVM
said in a statement.
The soldier was infected while working as a peacekeeper
battling the deadly disease in Liberia.
He was flown to the Netherlands at the request of the World
Health Organisation in a specially equipped plane and
treated at the university hospital in central city Utrecht.
He was the first Ebola patient to be treated in the
Netherlands and will stay at a military hospital until he can
return home, the RIVM said.
Ebola has killed more than 6,900 people, almost all of them
in west Africa.
Liberia tops the number of fatalities at 3,290 deaths but
Sierra Leone earlier this month overtook it as the country
with the most infections.
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