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| Glasgow 2014: Ebola-fear athletes want longer UK stay | |
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| Up to 30 Commonwealth Games athletes from Sierra Leone are considering extending their stay in Glasgow amid fears over the Ebola virus. | Up to 30 Commonwealth Games athletes from Sierra Leone are considering extending their stay in Glasgow amid fears over the Ebola virus. |
| The BBC has also learned a second Sierra Leone competitor, Samuel Morris, has been tested for Ebola and cleared by doctors in Glasgow. | |
| Cyclist Moses Sesay has also tested negative for the virus. | Cyclist Moses Sesay has also tested negative for the virus. |
| Ebola has caused more than 700 deaths since February in an outbreak affecting four west African countries. | Ebola has caused more than 700 deaths since February in an outbreak affecting four west African countries. |
| Sesay, 32, was admitted to a Glasgow hospital last week after feeling unwell and doctors tested him for various conditions, including Ebola. | |
| The cyclist was given the all-clear and released from hospital in time to compete in the men's individual time trial at the Games on Thursday. | |
| It later emerged that table tennis player Morris, 34, was also tested in Glasgow and given the all-clear. | |
| Sierra Leone, where more than 200 people have died from the disease, has declared a public health emergency. | |
| The outbreak - the world's deadliest to date - was first reported in Guinea in February. | The outbreak - the world's deadliest to date - was first reported in Guinea in February. |
| It then spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone, and a person who travelled from Liberia to Nigeria died of the virus shortly after arriving in Lagos last week. | It then spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone, and a person who travelled from Liberia to Nigeria died of the virus shortly after arriving in Lagos last week. |
| Ebola kills up to 90% of those infected but patients have a better chance of survival if they receive early treatment. | Ebola kills up to 90% of those infected but patients have a better chance of survival if they receive early treatment. |
| Ebola virus disease (EVD) | Ebola virus disease (EVD) |