Posted on 08/05/2014 7:28:36 AM PDT by Raebie
Saudi Arabia said Tuesday it is testing a man for the Ebola virus after he showed symptoms of the viral hemorrhagic fever following a recent trip to Sierra Leone.
The Health Ministry said the symptoms appeared in the 40-year-old Saudi man at a hospital in the western city of Jiddah. He is in critical condition and being treated in a unit with advanced isolation and infection-control capabilities.
Different types of viral hemorrhagic fevers have been found in the kingdom, but no case of Ebola has ever been detected there, according to the ministry.
The cause of the Saudi man's sickness is unknown, but Ebola cannot be ruled out given his travel history, the ministry said. He has already tested negative for dengue fever, and tests are underway for other viruses.
The ministry submitted samples to test for Ebola on the advice of the World Health Organization.
Health Ministry spokesman Dr. Khalid al-Marghalani told The Associated Press that the man arrived to Saudi Arabia from Sierra Leone on Sunday night. He said officials are looking into his flight details, including the passenger list, and what relatives or other people he may have been in direct contact with since landing in the kingdom.
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When is the hajj, again?
Just what I was thinking.
They’ll chop his hand off to teach him a lesson.
Hajj is expected to fall between October 2-7, 2014
Discrimination! Yet another example of the mufti bwanas keeping the brothers down! (And away from THEIR camels, goats and young boys.)
If he tests positive, Obama will probably have them fly him here for treatment.
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Oh, boy....not good.
Imagine getting a call that you were on the same plane as he.
He has already tested negative for dengue fever ....
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No vaccine for dengue, treatment is ‘supportive’, based on symptoms and it can develop into “dengue hemorrhagic fever”. Guess where this stuff can come from? South America - they have had epidemics of it there. This is a threat, coming across the southern border.
Thanks!
It's no worse that a cold...Come on now.
than...than...
Allowing for incubation, the global distribution and outbreak of Ebola will be just before the midterms. Turnout may be fewer than expected
It's no worse that a cold...Come on now.
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Just walk it off and have some chicken soup....heh.
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