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Ebola in Spain: Nurse 'infected in Madrid' | |
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A Spanish nurse who treated an Ebola victim in Madrid is thought to be the first person to have contracted the virus outside Africa, health officials say. | |
The nurse tested positive for Ebola in initial tests and doctors are awaiting final results, according to reports. | The nurse tested positive for Ebola in initial tests and doctors are awaiting final results, according to reports. |
She was part of the team that treated Spanish priest Manuel Garcia Viejo, who died of Ebola on 25 September. | |
Some 3,400 people have died in the outbreak - mostly in West Africa. | Some 3,400 people have died in the outbreak - mostly in West Africa. |
The priest died in the hospital Carlos III de Madrid after catching Ebola in Sierra Leone. | The priest died in the hospital Carlos III de Madrid after catching Ebola in Sierra Leone. |
Another Spanish priest, Miguel Pajares, died in August after contracting the virus in Liberia. | Another Spanish priest, Miguel Pajares, died in August after contracting the virus in Liberia. |
The nurse was admitted to hospital on Monday morning with a high fever, Spanish newspaper El Pais said. | |
Doctors isolated the emergency treatment room, the report said. | |
Ebola spreads through contact with the bodily fluids of someone who has the virus and the only way to stop an outbreak is to isolate those who are infected. | |
There have been nearly 7,500 confirmed infections worldwide, with officials saying the figure is likely to be much higher in reality. | |
Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia have been hardest hit. | |
Celebrations in West Africa for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha are being badly affected by the Ebola outbreak, with many public places deserted this weekend. | |
Earlier health officials said people arriving in the US from Ebola-affected countries in West Africa could be subject to extra screening at airports. | |
But the White House said on Monday it was not considering a ban on travellers from such countries, according to Reuters. | |
It comes as the US tries to limit the spread of its first confirmed case, a Liberian in Dallas. | |
Thomas Duncan's condition is critical but stable, Reuters quoted doctors in the state of Texas as saying on Monday. | |
Ebola virus disease (EVD) |