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| Ebola: Spanish priest infected in Liberia dies | Ebola: Spanish priest infected in Liberia dies |
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| A Spanish missionary who contracted the Ebola virus while working in West Africa has died in hospital in Madrid. | A Spanish missionary who contracted the Ebola virus while working in West Africa has died in hospital in Madrid. |
| More than 1,000 people have died in Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Nigeria since the outbreak was first reported in February. | More than 1,000 people have died in Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Nigeria since the outbreak was first reported in February. |
| Miguel Pajares, 75, was airlifted back to Spain from Liberia last week with a nun who tested negative for the virus. | Miguel Pajares, 75, was airlifted back to Spain from Liberia last week with a nun who tested negative for the virus. |
| For the past few days he had been treated with an untested, experimental drug, Zmapp. | |
| A World Health Organization (WHO) panel in Geneva has meanwhile approved the ethics of using ZMapp. | |
| According to the Reuters news agency, the panel said it was ethical to combat the Ebola outbreak by offering drugs or vaccines whose side-effects and efficacy had yet to be proven. | |
| The priest was part of a Catholic order at St Joseph's hospital in the Liberian capital, Monrovia. | |
| The hospital has now been closed because of the outbreak. | |
| A Congolese nun died there on Saturday, days after its director, Patrick Nshamdze, also died. |