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Ebola: Spain quarantines doctors who treated infected nurse | Ebola: Spain quarantines doctors who treated infected nurse |
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Two doctors who treated a Spanish nurse diagnosed with Ebola have been admitted into hospital for observation, health officials say. | Two doctors who treated a Spanish nurse diagnosed with Ebola have been admitted into hospital for observation, health officials say. |
The admissions bring to six the total number of people under quarantine at the hospital in Madrid. | |
A spokesman for the Carlos III hospital said that so far neither of the doctors had shown Ebola symptoms. | |
Nurse Teresa Romero is the first person to have contracted the deadly virus outside West Africa. | |
She was part of a team of about 30 staff looking after two missionaries who later died from the virus after being repatriated from West Africa. | She was part of a team of about 30 staff looking after two missionaries who later died from the virus after being repatriated from West Africa. |
Ms Romero told a Spanish newspaper that she might have become infected when removing her protective suit after cleaning one of the missionaries' room. | |
Her husband is among those being monitored. | |
In other developments, the US is introducing new security measures to screen passengers arriving from Ebola-affected countries in West Africa at five major US airports. | In other developments, the US is introducing new security measures to screen passengers arriving from Ebola-affected countries in West Africa at five major US airports. |
It comes after a man in Dallas became the first person diagnosed on US soil to die from the virus. | It comes after a man in Dallas became the first person diagnosed on US soil to die from the virus. |
Meanwhile, an Australian nurse recently returned from working with the Red Cross in Sierra Leone is undergoing testing in a hospital in Queensland. | Meanwhile, an Australian nurse recently returned from working with the Red Cross in Sierra Leone is undergoing testing in a hospital in Queensland. |
She is reported to have had an increased temperature but was "feeling well", the Red Cross said. | She is reported to have had an increased temperature but was "feeling well", the Red Cross said. |