A United Nations worker infected with Ebola has died in hospital in Germany.
The 56-year-old man landed in the eastern German town of Leipzig for treatment five days ago, according to local officials.
Local health officials said last week that the patient was a Sudanese doctor who had arrived in Germany from Liberia.
In
a statement, the hospital said: 'The patient sick with Ebola fever died
during the night in St Georg Clinic in Leipzig. Despite intensive
medical measures and maximum efforts by the medical team, the
56-year-old UN employee succumbed to the serious infectious disease.'
The
World Health Organization estimates the death toll resulting from the
worst outbreak of Ebola on record to have exceeded 4,000. It has called
the outbreak 'most severe acute health emergency in modern times'.
In
Liberia, the hardest-hit West African country, more than 2,300 people
have died. The death toll in Sierra Leone and Guinea stands at nearly
1,000 respectively.
The
death in Germany comes as Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt told MPs it is
'likely' that Ebola will be seen in the UK and that a 'handful' of cases
could be confirmed in the next three months.
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