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| Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey's condition 'has improved' | Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey's condition 'has improved' |
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| The condition of a Scottish nurse who contracted Ebola while working in West Africa has improved, according to the hospital where she is being treated. | The condition of a Scottish nurse who contracted Ebola while working in West Africa has improved, according to the hospital where she is being treated. |
| Pauline Cafferkey was readmitted to a specialist isolation unit at the Royal Free Hospital in London this month. | Pauline Cafferkey was readmitted to a specialist isolation unit at the Royal Free Hospital in London this month. |
| She was being treated for complications after tests showed the infection was still present in her system. | She was being treated for complications after tests showed the infection was still present in her system. |
| Last week her condition was described as "critical", but the hospital said she was now "serious but stable". | Last week her condition was described as "critical", but the hospital said she was now "serious but stable". |
| Ms Cafferkey, 39, from Cambuslang in South Lanarkshire, contracted Ebola while working at a treatment centre in Sierra Leone last year. | Ms Cafferkey, 39, from Cambuslang in South Lanarkshire, contracted Ebola while working at a treatment centre in Sierra Leone last year. |
| She spent almost a month in isolation at the Royal Free at the beginning of the year after the virus was detected when she arrived back in the UK. | She spent almost a month in isolation at the Royal Free at the beginning of the year after the virus was detected when she arrived back in the UK. |
| She was later discharged after apparently making a full recovery. | |
| Ms Cafferkey had returned to work as a public health nurse at Blantyre Health Centre in South Lanarkshire. | |
| However, she became unwell earlier this month and was admitted to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow for treatment. | |
| Ms Cafferkey's family claimed doctors had "missed a big opportunity" to spot she had fallen ill with Ebola again after it emerged she had been sent home by an out-of-hours doctor who saw her earlier that week. | |
| 'Serious but stable' | |
| On 9 October, she was flown from Glasgow to London in a military aircraft to receive treatment in the isolation unit at the Royal Free Hospital. | |
| Last Wednesday, the hospital said Ms Cafferkey was "critically ill" after her condition deteriorated. | |
| But in an update on Monday afternoon, the hospital said: "We are able to announce that Pauline Cafferkey's condition has improved to serious but stable." | |
| Bodily tissues can harbour the Ebola infection months after the person appears to have fully recovered. | |
| A total of 58 close contacts of Ms Cafferkey have been identified, with 40 of those offered vaccinations as a precaution. |