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Doctors in Saudi Arabia are testing a patient
suspected of having contracted Ebola during a
trip to West Africa, hit by an epidemic of the
virus, the health ministry said Tuesday.
The Saudi man was admitted to hospital in the
Red Sea city of Jeddah after showing symptoms
of haemorrhagic fever upon his return from
Sierra Leone.
The patient, in his 40s, is in critical condition
and has symptoms “similar to that of Ebola
infection.”
Ebola-like symptoms include fever, vomiting,
severe headaches and muscular pain and, in the
final stages, profuse bleeding.
The UN World Health Organisation said Monday
that at least 887 people have died from Ebola
since the beginning of the year, after the virus
spread across Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
In April, Saudi Arabia announced a ban on visas
for Muslims in the three West African nations
wishing to perform the pilgrimage to the Muslim
holy sites there
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