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   FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — A leading doctor who risked his own   
   life to treat dozens of Ebola patients died Tuesday from the   
   disease, officials said, as a major regional airline said it was   
   suspending flights to the cities hardest hit by an outbreak that   
   has killed more than 670 people.   
      
   Dr. Sheik Humarr Khan, who was praised as a national hero for   
   treating the disease in Sierra Leone, was confirmed dead by   
   health ministry officials there. He had been hospitalized in   
   quarantine.   
      
   Health workers have been especially vulnerable to contracting   
   Ebola, which is spread through bodily fluids such as saliva,   
   sweat, blood, and urine. Two American health workers are   
   currently hospitalized with Ebola in neighboring Liberia.   
      
   The Ebola outbreak is the largest in history with deaths blamed   
   on the disease not only in Sierra Leone and Liberia, but also   
   Guinea and Nigeria. The disease has no vaccine and no specific   
   treatment, with a high fatality rate.   
      
   Binyah Kesselly, chairman of the Liberia Airport Authority   
   board, said police are now present at the airport in Monrovia to   
   enforce screening of passengers.   
      
   ‘‘So if you have a flight and you are not complying with the   
   rules, we will not allow you to board,’’ he said.   
      
   In a statement released Tuesday, airline ASKY said it was   
   temporarily halting flights not only to Monrovia but also to   
   Freetown, Sierra Leone. Flights will continue to the capital of   
   the third major country where people have died — Guinea — though   
   passengers departing from there will be ‘‘screened for signs of   
   the virus.’’   
      
   Passengers at the airline’s hub in Lome, Togo, also will be   
   screened by medical teams, it said. ‘‘ASKY is determined to keep   
   its passengers and staff safe during this unsettling time,’’ the   
   statement said.   
      
   The measures follow the death Friday of a 40-year-old American   
   man of Liberian descent, who had taken several flights on ASKY,   
   causing widespread fear at a time when the outbreak shows no   
   signs of slowing in West Africa.   
      
   Patrick Sawyer, who worked for the West African nation’s Finance   
   Ministry, took an ASKY Airlines flight from Liberia to Ghana,   
   then on to Togo and eventually to Nigeria, where he was   
   immediately taken into quarantine until his death.   
      
   His sister had died of Ebola, though he maintained he had not   
   had close physical contact with her when she was sick. At the   
   time, Liberian authorities said they had not been requiring   
   health checks of departing passengers in Monrovia.   
      
   The World Health Organization says the risk of travelers   
   contracting Ebola is considered low because it requires direct   
   contact with bodily fluids or secretions such as urine, blood,   
   sweat, or saliva. Ebola can’t be spread like flu through casual   
   contact or breathing in the same air.   
      
   Patients are contagious only once the disease has progressed to   
   the point they show symptoms, according to the WHO. And the most   
   vulnerable are health care workers and relatives who come in   
   much closer contact with the sick.   
      
   Still, the early symptoms of Ebola — fever, aches, and sore   
   throat — mirror many other diseases including malaria and   
   typhoid, experts say. Only in later stages of Ebola do patients   
   sometimes experience severe internal bleeding and blood coming   
   out of their mouth, eyes, or ears.   
      
   At the Finance Ministry where Sawyer worked, officials announced   
   they were temporarily shutting down operations. All employees   
   who came into contact with Sawyer before he left for Nigeria   
   were being placed under surveillance, it said. In West Africa   
   medical facilities are scarce and some affected communities have   
   in panic attacked the international health workers trying to   
   help them.   
      
   http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/world/2014/07/29/top-doctor-dies-   
   from-ebola-after-treating-   
   dozens/JRDbuQUy1pvlfRxyZQJ91M/story.html   
      
       
      
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