Nurse was part of medical team that treated Sierra Leone priest who died in hospital last month after being flown to Madrid
A Spanish health ministry official has said a nurse who treated a missionary for Ebola has tested positive for the disease. Officials are awaiting the results of a second test to confirm what would be the first case contracted outside west Africa.
The official said the female nurse was part of the medical team that treated a 69-year-old priest who died in a hospital last month after being flown to Madrid from Sierra Leone.
The woman went to the Alcorcón hospital in the Madrid suburbs with a high fever and was placed in isolation. The official declined to name the woman. The health ministry will give a news conference later.
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