FG Requests For Ebola Drug From US

The Federal Government says it has reached out to the United States Centre for Disease Control to request for the unapproved Ebola drug Zmapp.

The Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku and the Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, told reporters after the Federal Executive Council meeting held in Abuja on Wednesday that the government was awaiting the response of the request it made last night to the centre in the US.
More than 900 people have already died in Africa from the deadly virus, World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed. Meanwhile in Nigeria two people have lost their lives and 5 others got infected, with the figure expected to rise rapidly.