Nurse in Spain tests positive for Ebola in first infection outside west Africa

Nurse was part of team that treated priest who died in Madrid hospital last month after being flown home from Sierra Leone

A nurse in Spain has tested positive for the Ebola virus after treating a patient repatriated to Madrid from Sierra Leone, the country’s health authorities said on Monday. The nurse is thought to be the first person to have contracted the virus outside west Africa.

The auxiliary nurse was part of the team attending to a Spanish missionary with Ebola who was repatriated two weeks ago. The 69-year-old missionary, Manuel García Viejo, died just four days after being brought to Madrid’s Carlos III hospital

Health authorities on Monday said that health professionals treating Ebola patients in Spain always followed protocols outlined by the World Health Organisation. The nurse would have entered García Viejo’s room just twice, said Alemany, and would have been wearing protective equipment on both occasions. “We don’t know yet what failed,” said Alemany. “We’re investigating the mechanism of infection.”

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/06/nurse-spain-tests-positive-ebola

Look at the time line. hmmmm

they don't know how she caught it. cdc says may be airborn

What a suprise!

They said a dog had it over there. How did a dog get it?