沙特男子疑似感染埃博拉病毒死亡

 

If confirmed, this would be the first Ebola-related death outside Africa in an outbreak that has killed more than 900 people this year.

 

The man recently visited Sierra Leone, one of four countries in the outbreak.

 

World Health Organization (WHO) experts are meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss a response to the outbreak.

 

The two-day meeting will decide whether to declare a global health emergency.

 

Ebola, a viral haemorrhagic fever（出血热）, is one of the deadliest diseases known to humans, with a fatality² rate of between 55% and 90%.

 

A WHO statement on Wednesday said 932 patients had died of the disease in West Africa so far, with most of the latest fatalities³ reported in Liberia.

 

A man who attended Mt Sinai hospital in New York on Monday, after returning from West Africa and suffering from a fever, has tested negative for ebola, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

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