UAE reports first suspected Ebola death

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UAE reports first suspected Ebola death

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The United Arab Emirates on Sunday reported the first suspected Ebola virus death for a Nigerian woman who arrived to Abu Dhabi on the way to India.

In a statement, Abu Dhabi Health Authority said the 35-year-old Nigerian woman was en route from Nigeria to India on a treatment tour from advanced cancer.

Her condition deteriorated as she waited at the airport for her India-bound flight, which made it necessary for a medical team to intervene, it added.

The team could not, however, rescue the woman, the authority said.

It added that aid responders trying to resuscitate the woman noticed Ebola-like symptoms on her body, even as the same symptoms can be connected with her advanced cancer case.