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| Spanish health-care worker contracts Ebola in first transmission case outside of Africa | Spanish health-care worker contracts Ebola in first transmission case outside of Africa |
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| In the first known case of Ebola transmission outside of Africa, a nurse in Spain has contracted the deadly virus after caring for a sick priest who had been flown back from West Africa for treatment, Spanish health minister Ana Mato said at a news conference Monday. | In the first known case of Ebola transmission outside of Africa, a nurse in Spain has contracted the deadly virus after caring for a sick priest who had been flown back from West Africa for treatment, Spanish health minister Ana Mato said at a news conference Monday. |
| Two tests confirmed the diagnosis of the woman, Mato said. She was part of a medical team treating Manuel Garcia Viejo, the priest who died Sept. 25 of Ebola, according to the BBC. | Two tests confirmed the diagnosis of the woman, Mato said. She was part of a medical team treating Manuel Garcia Viejo, the priest who died Sept. 25 of Ebola, according to the BBC. |
| The infected health worker's only symptom so far is a fever, and her condition remains stable, Mato said. Authorities are trying to determine how exactly she contracted Ebola and whether the team caring for the priest observed proper medical protocols, Mato added. | The infected health worker's only symptom so far is a fever, and her condition remains stable, Mato said. Authorities are trying to determine how exactly she contracted Ebola and whether the team caring for the priest observed proper medical protocols, Mato added. |
| Ebola is spread through direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person exhibiting symptoms. | Ebola is spread through direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person exhibiting symptoms. |
| Authorities are already trying to trace all of the people the health-care worker may have had contact with, said Madrid's primary health-care director Antonio Alemany, according to the Associated Press. | Authorities are already trying to trace all of the people the health-care worker may have had contact with, said Madrid's primary health-care director Antonio Alemany, according to the Associated Press. |
| The nurse's assistant was admitted to a hospital Monday morning, according to Spanish paper El Pais. | The nurse's assistant was admitted to a hospital Monday morning, according to Spanish paper El Pais. |
| There have been more than 7,400 confirmed, suspected and probable cases of Ebola in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, according to World Health Organization figures released Friday. The death toll in the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history has surpassed 3,400. | There have been more than 7,400 confirmed, suspected and probable cases of Ebola in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, according to World Health Organization figures released Friday. The death toll in the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history has surpassed 3,400. |
| [This post has been updated] | [This post has been updated] |
| Read more: How the world failed to stop the Ebola epidemic | Read more: How the world failed to stop the Ebola epidemic |