Saturday 9 August 2014

Saudi man being tested for Ebola dies in hospital

JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS


A health official, wearing a protective, suit waits to screen passengers at the arrivals hall of Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria. (AP)


The Health Ministry says a man who was being tested for the Ebola virus and was in critical condition in an isolation ward has died.

The ministry says the 40-year-old Saudi man died on Wednesday morning at a hospital in Jeddah. 
He was hospitalized after showing symptoms of a viral hemorrhagic fever following a recent trip to Sierra Leone, where there has been an outbreak of Ebola.

The ministry says the man had tested negative for dengue fever

Source:  http://www.arabnews.com/news/saudi-arabia/612406

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