Two alarming new cases of Ebola have emerged in Nigeria, widening the circle of people sickened beyond the immediate group of caregivers who treated a dying airline passenger in one of Africa's largest cities.
The outbreak also continues to spread elsewhere in West Africa, with 142 more cases recorded, bringing the new total to 2,615 with 1,427 deaths, the World Health Organization said Friday.
The two new cases in Nigeria were infected by their spouses, both medical workers who had direct contact with Liberian American Patrick Sawyer, who flew into Nigeria from Liberia and Togo and infected 11 others before he died in July. The caregivers also then died of Ebola, Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu said Friday. - AP