Nigerian woman suspected of having Ebola dies in Abu Dhabi airport

A 35 year old Nigerian woman who arrived in Abu Dhabi on a transit flight has died while medics were trying to resuscitate her after her health suddenly deteriorated at the airport.

According to the state news agency, WAM, the woman was said to be travelling from Nigeria to India for treatment for an advanced metastatic cancer but further reports had it that her health deteriorated while in transit at Abu Dhabi’s main airport and, as medical staff were trying to resuscitate her, they found signs that resembled Ebola virus infection.

The woman’s husband and the five health workers who treated her have been put in isolation pending test results.

Four people have died after contracting the disease in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country.
The Ebola virus is typically transmitted through direct person-to-person contact or through contact with bodily secretions from an infected person. The WHO considers the risk to passengers travelling on a flight with an infected person to be “very low”.

Abu Dhabi is the capital and largest of seven sheikdoms that make up the United Arab Emirates. The country has grown into a major long-haul aviation hub. It is home to Dubai-based Emirates, the Middle East's largest airline, and Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways.


Emirates earlier this month became the first carrier to stop flights to Guinea due to the virus’ spread