The United Arab Emirates has reported the first suspected Ebola virus death for a Nigerian woman who arrived to Abu Dhabi on the way to India.
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, adding 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.
In recent months, Ebola has claimed more than 1000 lives across West Africa, especially in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Nigeria has registered four Ebola deaths.
