Spanish Nursing Aide Declared Cured of Ebola
21 October 2014 - 10:23PM
Dow Jones News
MADRID--The Spanish nursing aide who became the first person
infected with Ebola outside West Africa was declared cured of the
illness Tuesday.
Officials at the hospital where Teresa Romero was being treated
said she had tested negative for the deadly virus for a second
time.
Ms. Romero, 44 years old, has been quarantined at Madrid's
Carlos III Hospital since being diagnosed with the virus on Oct. 6.
She was part of a medical team that had treated two Spanish
missionaries brought to the hospital in August and September after
contracting Ebola in Africa. Both missionaries died.
Fifteen people whose close contact with Ms. Romero put them at
risk have been isolated at the hospital for observation but show no
symptoms of Ebola, officials have said.
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