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“I touched my face without wearing gloves” says the Spanish nurse infected with Ebola

That is how most likely she got infected she admits

Newsroom October 8 10:36

Spanish nurse Teresa Romero remains hospitalized and believes that she most likely got infected when she touched her face without wearing any gloves. In her exclusive interview to Spanish newspaper El Pais, admitted that she made the mistake while she was taking off the special protection suit that she was wearing while taking care the priest Manuel Garcia Viejo, who died on the 25th of September from Ebola.
She also said that she hopes to emerge victorious from this battle and that she has no fever and already feels better.
Teresa Romero is currently receiving treatment with plasma from a patient who has overcome the disease.
Another nurse and her two children are also in quarantine in Madrid, bringing the total in quarantine to 6. The nurse was in the group supervising for probable Ebola and yesterday she had high temperature.
According to sources of the Hospital Carlos III , employees are very upset after Mondays confirmation of the outbreak of Ebola.
Restlessness is evident in Spain and the Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy was forced to intervene by asking the media to “let the experts work.”

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