Nigeria confirms two new cases of Ebola, 14 in total

Nigeria's Minister of Health Onyebuchi Chukwu speaks at the media briefing on updates about the Ebola outbreak in Nigeria at his office in Abuja, August 14, 2014. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria confirmed two new cases of Ebola, both in patients who caught the disease from people who were primary contacts of the Liberian man who first brought it to Lagos, the health minister said on Friday. The total number of recorded cases in the country is now 14, Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu told a news conference.