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8 Nigerian Ebola Patients In Lagos To Be Given Experimental Treatment

August 14, 2014

Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, announced that the experimental drug came from a Nigerian scientist, whose name has not yet been disclosed.

In new developments just reported by the United States' Wall Street Journal, eight Nigerians infected with Ebola will be given doses of the experimental treatment Nano Silver.

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Health workers treating Ebola

Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, announced that the experimental drug came from a Nigerian scientist, whose name has not yet been disclosed.

As an experimental treatment, there is much mystery surrounding is known about Nano Silver.

Dr. Simon Agwale, a contagious disease expert, said Nano Silver had proven effective against viruses, parasites, and bacteria. 

The news comes the same day a third person, a nurse who treated Liberian Patrick Sawyer, dies in Lagos of the virus.

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