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Embassy Official Say Nigerian Woman Who Died In UAE Tests Negative To Ebola

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A 35-year-old Nigerian woman who died in Abu Dhabi on Aug. 15 after showing possible symptoms of Ebola has tested negative to the virus.
Embassy Official Say Nigerian Woman Who Died In UAE Tests Negative To Ebola

According to a top official of Nigerian Embassy in United Arab Emirates (UAE), who spoke on the condition of anonymity, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja

On Sunday, a Nigerian woman who was travelling to India from Lagos via Abu Dhabi for cancer treatment, died in the Emirati capital. Later, the Emirati health authority said the patient showed signs of having contacted Ebola. As a result her 35-year-old husband and the five medics who had direct contact with her were isolated pending the result of the Ebola test on the patient.

The mission official said that: “As at Aug. 17, the local authorities were still asking us to grant permission for immediate burial and we resisted that pressure because the results of the tests were unknown.

“The woman’s husband was pressured too, but we are satisfied that the results are out and the tests proved negative.’

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