Hong Kong has subjected a Nigerian man to tests for the deadly Ebola virus, amid global fears over the potential spread of a disease which has claimed nearly 1,000 lives in west Africa so far.

"So far as we know this is a suspected Ebola case. There will be results of the preliminary testing tonight," the government spokeswoman told AFP, adding the man is being treated at the city's Princess Margaret Hospital.
A densely populated city of some seven million people, Hong Kong is particularly alert to the spread of viruses after Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome killed almost 300 people eleven years ago.
On July 30 the Hong Kong government said it would quarantine as a precaution all people from Ebola infected areas who showed any symptom of the disease such as fever, vomiting or diarrhoea.
Last week a woman who showed Ebola-like symptoms after returning from a holiday in Kenya tested negative for the virus.
Local broadcaster RTHK reported that the Nigerian man had arrived at the southern Chinese city from his home country on Thursday and was vomiting before he was hospitalised Sunday morning.
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Nigeria -- the most populous nation in Africa -- confirmed two new cases Friday of the often fatal hemorrhagic disease, bringing the total number of infections to nine, including two deaths.
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Source-AFP