Madrid, España.- Four people were hospitalized Spain to try to contain the spread of Ebola , after a Spanish nurse became the first person to get virus outside Africa, health authorities said.
The nurse, who tested positive for the virus on Monday, her husband, who does not show symptoms of sickness and 2 others are being closely monitored in the hospital, health officials said at a press conference in Madrid.
One of those hospitalized is a health worker who has diarrhea but no fever. Another is a Spanish who traveled from Nigeria, Rafael Pérez-Santamarina, director of the Hospital Carlos III de Madrid.
Concerned about the possible expansion of the pandemic Ebola reported beyond West Africa, Spanish officials seeking to assure the public that the threat is being contained.
Twenty-two people who had contact with the nurse are being monitored, said Pérez-Santamarina. They have not been isolated, but they are taking their temperature 2 times a day to check for signs of infection.
Officials said they are still investigating how the nurse was infected.
Woman He took a vacation after the second of the missionaries who had been attending died of Ebola on September 25, but the nurse did not leave Madrid. The woman began to feel ill on September 30 and was diagnosed with Ebola on Monday.
“It has really taken us by surprise, we’re still with surprise and we are trying to review all protocols, improve and especially avoid any contact you have had will not develop the disease, “said Perez-Santamarina.
The World Health Organization said that more cases of Ebola appear in Europe but the continent is well prepared to control the disease.
However, Jonathan Ball, a professor of molecular virology at the University of Nottingham, UK, said that the nurse should not have contracted the deadly disease if they had taken control measures and adequate containment.
The nurse is currently being treated with antibodies from patients previously infected, finished Pérez-Santamarina.
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