Nigeria Announces Eight More Suspected Cases of Ebola

Nigeria has confirmed eight new suspected cases of the Ebola virus Tuesday. All eight had come into contact with Liberian-American Patrick Sawyer, who died from the virus after landing in Lagos airport last month.

The news comes the same day the second American infected in the outbreak, Nancy Writebol,arrived in the U.S. to be treated at

Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, the same site where the first American, Dr. Kent Brantly, is also staying. Both have received doses of an experimental serum and have shown improvement. The country is the fourth to have confirmed cases of the virus, following the outbreaks in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. According to the latest W.H.O. report, 887 people have died of Ebola across West Africa.

Stateside, a man in New York City's Mount Sinai Medical Center is undergoing testing for the virus after recently traveling to West Africa and exhibiting symptoms that could be attributed to Ebola. Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Basset said in a press conference, however, that the patient most likely does not have the disease, and that the city would be prepared to combat Ebola if it were to arrive: