Abuja — Nigeria confirmed two more Ebola cases Friday and said six other new patients are showing symptoms. Despite the outbreak, Nigerian officials are calling on Saudi Arabia to keep its borders open to Nigerian Muslims for this year's pilgrimage to Mecca, after the Kingdom suspended thousands of visas in other countries in West Africa.
As Saudi authorities prepare for this year's Hajj in October, they have suspended visas for thousands of Muslims in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia due to the Ebola outbreak.
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