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Woman in transit in UAE dies of suspected Ebola virus

Health officials in the Emirati capital of Abu Dhabi say that a Nigerian woman who arrived on a flight transiting the city and who may have been infected with the Ebola virus has died.

The city’s Health Authority said in a statement carried by the state news agency WAM late on Sunday that the 35-year-old was travelling from Nigeria to India for treatment of advanced metastatic cancer.

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

The woman’s husband and the five medics who treated her are being isolated pending test results.

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