A Saudi man who was being treated for Ebola-
like symptoms has died at a hospital in Jeddah,
Saudi Arabia's health ministry says.
If confirmed, this would be the first Ebola-related
death outside Africa in an outbreak that has killed
more than 900 people this year.
The man recently visited Sierra Leone, one of four
countries in the outbreak.
World Health Organization (WHO) experts are
meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss a
response to the outbreak.
The two-day meeting will decide whether to declare a
global health emergency.
Ebola, a viral haemorrhagic fever, is one of the
deadliest diseases known to humans, with a fatality
rate of up to 90%.
A WHO statement on Wednesday said 932 patients
had died of the disease in West Africa so far, with
most of the latest fatalities reported in Liberia.
Concern has also been growing over a number of new
cases in Nigeria, the region's most populous nation.
On Wednesday, a nurse who treated an Ebola patient
became the second person to die of the disease
there.
Nigeria's Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu
described the outbreak as a national emergency,
adding that "everyone in the world is at risk" because
of air travel.
The Saudi man who was suspected of contracting the
disease died of cardiac arrest, according to the
website of the country's health ministry.
The 40-year-old is said to have returned from a
recent business trip to Sierra Leone.
The ministry's website said he was being tested for
Ebola, but did not say if the tests had concluded that
he had the disease.
The website said the man had been treated in an
isolation ward and would be buried according to
Islamic tradition, while following precautions set out
by world health authorities.
Earlier this year, Saudi Arabia stopped issuing visas
to Muslims from several West African countries, amid
concerns that visiting pilgrims could spread the
disease. SOURCE: m.bbc.com/news/health-28678699

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I thought that banning flights from west african affected countries can secure their country..but as we can see the arabians is at very high risk of that virus..hmmm because this arabian countries don't normally value life as we africans does...and what can i call that in their region...JUDGEMENT DAY...GOD has saved nigerians allready..GUDAYZZ

Ebola is becoming a global issue...Lagos is officially a NO GO AREA!!!

chesterlee: Ebola is becoming a global issue...Lagos is officially a NO GO AREA!!!

Ya so ryt..Its becoming a global issue indeed