A Spanish
nurse who treated an Ebola victim in Madrid has become the first person
in the world to contract the deadly virus outside of Africa.
The
44-year-old is said to have spent the last 15 years working at Madrid's
Carlos III Hospital, where the two Spanish missionaries infected with
Ebola died.
The
woman, who is married, was part of the team that treated Spanish priest
Manuel Garcia Viejo, who was brought back from Africa last month so
that he could be treated for the deadly virus.
Two separate tests confirmed that the woman, who has yet to be named, had contracted the disease.
Colleagues
tonight expressed their surprise at news that the nurse, from Galicia
in northwest Spain, had caught the virus, saying that there had been
'extreme' measures in place to protect staff.
One told Spanish daily El Pais that nurses were equipped with two protective overalls, two pairs of gloves and glasses.
The Spanish
nurse is understood to have tested positive for Ebola in a first
analysis after going to hospital in Alcorcon near Madrid with a high
fever early this morning.
Doctors isolated the emergency treatment room.
A
Ministry of Health source told respected daily El Mundo: 'She arrived
at the University Hospital Alcorcon Foundation with fever and has
undergone tests. The first test has come back positive.'
Spain's Health Ministry today held a crisis meeting as they awaited for the results to be confirmed.
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