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Spanish nurse tests positive for Ebola

According to preliminary information and as reported by Reuters, the woman was working at the hospital of Carlos III in Madrid as one of the nurses treating an Ebola victim

Newsroom October 6 08:51

More specifically. the woman had come into contact with the missionary Viejo Manuel Garcia who passed away on the 25th of September in Madrid after being infected with the deadly virus in Sierra Leone.
The nurse is currently hospitalized in the hospital in the area Alcorcon in Madrid, while she is being submitted for the second time to special examinations in order to confirm her first diagnosis.
Representative of the hospital stated that:”The patient arrived to the hospital this morning with suspicious symptoms”, while highlighted that her tests were sent to the Carlos III hospital and the first results found her positive of Ebola.
Spanish Ministry of Health called for an immediate meeting in order to exam the first human incident that has no immediate contact with a West Africa country.
At the same time, the first man to get infected in the US, fights for his life, since according to doctors his condition has worsen from serious to critical.
Thomas Duncan was infected in his homeland Liberia and is currently hospitalized in quarantine in Dallas, while the four people that he was sharing his apartment with are also in quarantine and examined by doctors.

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