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.
Map showing Ebola
outbreaks since 1976
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.
Graph showing Ebola
deaths since 1976
Meanwhile, two US aid
workers who
contracted Ebola in
Liberia appear to be
improving after
receiving an unapproved
medicine ahead of their
evacuation back to the
US.
But it is not clear if the
ZMapp drug, which has
only been tested on
monkeys, can be
credited with their
improvement.
Leading infectious
disease experts have
called for experimental
treatments to be
offered more widely.
The meeting of the
WHO's emergency
committee is focusing
solely on how to
respond to the Ebola
outbreak.
If a public health
emergency is declared,
it could involve detailed
plans to identify, isolate
and treat cases, as well
as impose travel
restrictions on affected
areas.
A WHO spokesman said:
"We can't speculate in
advance what the
committee members
are going to decide in
advance."
A person in a protective
suit works at an Ebola
isolation ward at a mission
hospital outside of
Monrovia, Liberia (4
August 2014)
Health workers have to
wear protective suits
to ensure they do not
catch the virus
The World Bank is
allocating $200m
(£120m) in emergency
assistance for countries
battling to contain Ebola.
The virus spreads by
contact with infected
blood and bodily fluids.
The current outbreak is
killing between 50% and
60% of people infected.
There is no cure or
vaccine for Ebola - but
patients have a better
chance of survival if
they receive early
treatment.
Ebola has initial flu-like
symptoms that can
lead to external
haemorrhaging from
areas like eyes and
gums, and internal
bleeding which can lead
to organ failure.
Ebola virus disease
(EVD)
Symptoms include
high fever, bleeding
and central nervous
system damage
Fatality rate can
reach 90% - but the
current outbreak is
about 55%
Incubation period is
two to 21 days
There is no vaccine
or cure
Supportive care such
as rehydrating
patients who have
diarrhoea and
vomiting can help
recovery
Fruit bats are
considered to be
virus' natural host
SOURCE: www.m.bbc.com/news/health-28678699

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all countries have to plan a way forward to eradicate this disease...its a threat that can lead to human extinction...God dey sha

Ebola don enter Saudi be that? Chai.... dey don enter one chance be dat