Saudi Arabia Tests Man Suspected of Having Ebola

Doctors in Saudi Arabia are testing a man who is suspected of contracting the Ebola virus during a recent business trip to Sierra Leone, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry said the man, a Saudi in his 40s, had been admitted to a hospital in the Red Sea city of Jeddah after showing “symptoms of viral hemorrhagic fever,” which resemble symptoms of the Ebola virus. The man is in critical condition, it said, adding that cause of his sickness is unknown, but that Ebola cannot...

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