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With the Second Death Due To Ebola In Germany, The First Occurring In Spain. Authorities may decide to stop sporting activities if the virus spreads at an alarming rate
For lovers of the Spanish La liga and German Bundesliga. This might really be something bad for them. Here Are The Details of the second Ebola casualty in Germany
Extracted from m.thelocal.de
UPDATE : A UN worker being treated for Ebola
in Leipzig died overnight , the hospital caring
for him said on Tuesday.
He is the first ever
victim to die in Germany of the highly -
infectious disease.
The 56- year-old Sudanese doctor died in the early
hours of Tuesday morning , after he was flown to
Germany from Liberia on Thursday for treatment
at St Georg Clinic in Leipzig .
On arrival from Liberia , doctors warned his
condition was "highly critical, but stable" .
The man was transported from Leipzig airport to
the hospital last Thursday morning under tight
security and treated on an isolation ward .
But the hospital said on Tuesday that "despite
intensive medical measures and maximum efforts
by the medical team , the 56- year-old UN employee
succumbed ."
He was the third Ebola patient from Africa to be
treated in Germany since the outbreak started in
West Africa this year .
One doctor from Uganda arrived in Frankfurt in
early October and is currently undergoing
treatment , while a patient from Senegal was
treated in Hamburg and cured of the disease
after five weeks in hospital .
Leipzig 's St Georg Clinic can handle up to 12 cases
of Ebola in six separate rooms . It is one of just
seven hospitals in Germany with such a highly -
rated isolation ward .
On Monday , Germany 's health ministry
suggested further Ebola cases could arrive from
West Africa, announcing that they had 50 beds
available for patients of the fatal disease.
It is the first recorded case of anyone dying from
Ebola in Germany .
The outbreak has claimed the lives of more than
4 ,000 people so far and infected around 8, 400
people, according to the World Health
Organisation ( WHO) .
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