Ebola patient and husband evacuated from Nigeria via Air Ambulance

The wife of the Swiss diplomat who was declared last week as the index patient diagnosed with Ebola virus in Nigeria has been evacuated from the country early this morning through an air ambulance at the private jet wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport. The Swiss diplomat was also evacuated.

Arise TV reports that the couple were flown out of Nigeria by 6am this morning through a medivac plane which was already at the airport waiting to evacuate her.

Video recording shared showed a medivac plane with crews eventually evacuating the sick passenger suspected to be the Ebola index case due to the special nature of the medical evacuation.

The Federal Government will make the announcement of the medical evacuation only after the plane has taken off and exited the Nigerian airspace.

The woman had arrived Nigeria from Uganda when she fell ill and was admitted to a hospital in Abuja, where she tested positive for the disease.

So far, 53 persons have been traced to have had contact with her and are currently being monitored.

 

 

 

 

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