The Saudi man died Wednesday at a specialized hospital in Jeddah, the Saudi Ministry of Health said.
Nigeria has confirmed another five cases of Ebola, the Health Ministry said.He had been in intensive care since late Monday "after exhibiting symptoms of viral hemorrhagic fever following a business trip to Sierra Leone," the ministry said in a statement.
Global fears of Ebola spread Wednesday after two more countries reported deaths of citizens they suspect had contracted the disease in West Africa.
Nigeria reported that a nurse died after treating someone believed to have contracted Ebola in Liberia. And Saudi Arabia reported that a man died, apparently of the virus, after a trip to Sierra Leone. The World Health Organization did not immediately confirm the deaths.WHO said Wednesday that 932 deaths had been confirmed as a result of Ebola through Monday. The numbers -- up from 887 reported just two days ago -- do not include the latest death in Nigeria or the death in Saudi Arabia. The agency said 108 new cases were reported between Saturday in Monday in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.
Virtually all of the deaths have been in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea. The nurse in Nigeria had helped care for a Liberian-American man (Patrick Sawyer) who had died in Nigeria after traveling there from Liberia, Nigeria's Ministry of Health said Wednesday.
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