In a strange twist, a doctors’ strike in Nigeria may have saved lives by reducing the number of medical workers who came into contact with Mr. Sawyer. “It would have been a disaster,” said Babajide Saheed, a doctor and the secretary of the Lagos State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association. “At the time, nobody was prepared for it.” About 70 people are believed to have had contact with Mr. Sawyer, Nigerian health officials said. Dr. Mahoney said teams of people were working to call those people and to try to persuade them to stay at home and watch for symptoms, such as a rising temperature.
Posted on: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 07:49:27 +0000
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