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Nigerian Woman Suspected Of Ebola Dies In UAE by knightsTempler: 3:24pm On Aug 18, 2014
Nigerian woman suspected of Ebola dies in UAE
Associated Press
ADAM SCHRECK 5 hours ago

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Nigerian woman who arrived on a flight to the United Arab Emirates capital of Abu Dhabi and later died in the city may have been infected with the Ebola virus, said health officials.

The health authority in the emirate said in a statement carried by the Emirati state news agency WAM on Sunday evening that the 35-year-old woman was traveling from Nigeria to India for treatment of advanced metastatic cancer.

Her health deteriorated while in transit at Abu Dhabi International Airport and as medics were trying to resuscitate her, they found signs that suggested a possible Ebola virus infection.

Medical staff treating the woman followed safety and precautionary measures in line with World Health Organization guidelines, the statement added.

The woman's husband, who was the only person sitting next to her on the plane, as well as five medics who treated her are being isolated pending test results on the deceased woman. All are in good health and show no symptoms of the illness, according to health officials.

An Ebola outbreak has killed more than 1,100 people, mostly in the three West African countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, according to WHO figures. Four people have died after contracting the disease in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country.

The Ebola virus is typically transmitted through direct person-to-person contact or through contact with bodily secretions from an infected person. The WHO considers the risk to passengers traveling on a flight with an infected person to be "very low."

Abu Dhabi is the capital and largest of seven sheikdoms that make up the United Arab Emirates. The country has grown into a major long-haul aviation hub. It is home to Dubai-based Emirates, the Middle East's largest airline, and Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways.

Emirates earlier this month became the first carrier to halt flights to Guinea because of concerns about the spread of the Ebola virus there.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nigerian-woman-suspected-ebola-dies-uae-065831154.html
Re: Nigerian Woman Suspected Of Ebola Dies In UAE by White007(m): 4:31pm On Aug 18, 2014
The health authority in the emirate said in a statement carried by the Emirati state news agency WAM on Sunday evening that the 35-year-old woman was traveling from Nigeria to India for treatment of advanced metastatic cancer.


Did she died of Ebola or cancer?
Re: Nigerian Woman Suspected Of Ebola Dies In UAE by Nobody: 6:48pm On Aug 18, 2014
these people are liars!!!!!!!!!
it appears there is an international conspiracy to tarnish Nigeria's image lipsrsealed
Re: Nigerian Woman Suspected Of Ebola Dies In UAE by andrewza: 7:03pm On Aug 18, 2014
nchewi: these people are liars!!!!!!!!!
it appears there is an international conspiracy to tarnish Nigeria's image lipsrsealed

why would any body care to tarnish Nigeria's image?
Re: Nigerian Woman Suspected Of Ebola Dies In UAE by hod898(m): 7:43pm On Aug 18, 2014
So any Nigerian who dies abroad is a suspected ebola carrier, mtchew. A Nigerian died in Austria, he became a suspect. One in UK, a suspect. Now another in UAE still a suspect. All because of 12 recorded cases in the country. Na only us carry pass? As if them white dudes can't contract it.
Re: Nigerian Woman Suspected Of Ebola Dies In UAE by Nobody: 9:25pm On Aug 18, 2014
We don't need anybody to tarnish our image - our clueless govt is already doing that perfectly well by themselves.

they have done everything in the last 3 weeks to transmit to the world that Nigeria is rampant with Ebola

From declaring a national emergency to begin america to being experimental drugs to be used on the Nigerian population
nchewi: these people are liars!!!!!!!!!
it appears there is an international conspiracy to tarnish Nigeria's image lipsrsealed

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