Germany will no longer admit Ebola patients from West Africa after a United Nations official who was under care in the nation died Tuesday.
The diplomat, a Sudanese was flown to Germany for adequate treatment.
The Bavarian nation has seven health facilities capable of treating highly infectious patients in isolation and currently has two other patients who are receiving care.
The deceased 56-year-old medic was admitted into St. Georg Clinic in Leipzig, a city located at 200 kilometers from Berlin, capital of Germany, on Thursday.
On his arrival, doctors at the hospital described his condition as “highly critical, but stable”.
The clinic on Tuesday issued a statement that their patient had died on Monday night “in spite of intensive medical measures and the best efforts on behalf of the medical staff”.
There have been about 8,000 Ebola patients this year alone, recording more than 4,000 deaths.
Since the outbreak of the virus in Feburary, USA, Spain, Germany, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria are countries that have recorded casualties.