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Ebola Virus: Saudi Arabia Bans Hajj Pilgrims From Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia & Guinea
August 5, 2014 – Ebola Virus: Saudi Arabia Bans Hajj Pilgrims From Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia & Guinea From Hajj
The first case of Ebola Virus infection has been reported in Saudi Arabia. A Saudi Arabian man who recently returned from a business trip to Sierra Leone was reported to have shown symptoms of viral Hemorrhagic fever which resembles Ebola virus infection symptoms.
According to Health Ministry, the Saudi man in his 40s was admitted at a hospital in Jeddah after he fell ill.
The ministry said it had taken precautionary measures, including isolating the patient at a specialist hospital and had sent blood samples to an international laboratory in coordination with the World Health Organisation (WHO) for further checks.
Saudi Arabia has been on alert against the spread of the virus from West Africa, where more than 800 people have died.
The Saudi authorities said it would ban pilgrims from Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia from performing this year’s hajj taking place in October by suspending issuance of visas to the pilgrims from the affected West African countries for the annual hajj pilgrimage or for other visits to Muslim holy places.
Ebola virus that was first discovered in 1976 has killed over 800 people in West Africa.
bezo
August 5, 2014 at 5:16 PM
That’s goodnews, let me see where this top people will now be doing their wedding, where the always trump into hv now turn their back on them, let me see how they can go and deliver their child and host their wedding again, this ebola virus is really interesting, stop them jare, I don’t know why deadly things always start from african, even HIV starts form south african, I regret coming from this dead continent
DANZAKI
August 5, 2014 at 6:45 PM
De unusual bezo, from oda sources i get nigeria is excluded, beside wat ar u regreating of being african is African create HIV&Ebola? if u like go to Europe/US cold & diabitis, Asia deadly malaria, So seek 4 asylum dead is everywere brother.
munchie
August 5, 2014 at 6:28 PM
*** ebola will soon knock on ur door cos i can see u are happy about the virus
DANZAKI
August 5, 2014 at 7:06 PM
i wonder, munchie this virus can affect every one there is nothing to happy about it at all except different mind & atitude.
DANZAKI
August 5, 2014 at 7:01 PM
News media like BBC, VOA, RFI, France24, AlJazeera, Sky News, Euro News, Al-Arabia & Saudipost reports exclude nigeria in their news report. Dispite that nigerians are traveling to Saudi & Dubai for trading & very soon Europe, US & Asia will follow Saudi
Tolani O
August 5, 2014 at 7:28 PM
Na wa ooo! Saudi Bans Hajj, TB joshua say make member’s no carry am come & doctors wey dey treat ebola sef con dey get ebola! U see this NIGERIA doctors dey done know say ebola don dey come that is why they went on strike, when are they resuming? Boko haram & Ebola!
Legacy K
August 5, 2014 at 7:29 PM
those infected countries are spreading d virus to another country as liberian man mr patrick sawyer has infected nigerian masses nd i hope is better cos everyone heard about ds virus before spreading to nigeria nd whats our government action against ds deadly virus rather dey finding a way to make a presidential villa for their own purpose. ‘I pity everyone both d rich nd d poor .may God save us
gmorton
August 6, 2014 at 6:47 AM
Infact dis is so currious God be with us generally
Vivian
August 6, 2014 at 7:45 AM
That is what Nigerian govt. would have done banning the epidemic country from Nigeria.