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Spanish nurse ill with Ebola

A Spanish nurse who treated an Ebola victim in a Madrid clinic has tested positive for the virus. Th...
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6:13 PM - 6 Oct 2014



Spanish nurse ill with Ebola

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Spanish nurse ill with Ebola

TodayFM
TodayFM

6:13 PM - 6 Oct 2014



A Spanish nurse who treated an Ebola victim in a Madrid clinic has tested positive for the virus.

The nurse had treated a priest in Madrid who died of Ebola.

She's thought to be the first person to have contracted the disease outside West Africa.

Spanish Health Minister Ana Mato said the woman was part of the team that treated Spanish priest Manuel Garcia Viejo, who died of the virus on 25 September.

Some 3,400 people have died in the outbreak - mostly in West Africa.

The Spanish nurse is reported to be in a stable condition.

She started to feel ill last week when she was on holiday.  Officials are trying to trace everyone who came in contact with the nurse.

30 health workers who also treated the priest who died of the illness are being monitored.



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