Ebola outbreak: Nurse infected in Spain

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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29514920

Spanish Health Minister Ana Mato has confirmed that a nurse who treated two victims of Ebola in Madrid has tested positive for the disease.

The nurse is said to be the first person in the current outbreak known to have contracted Ebola outside Africa.

The woman was part of the team that treated Spanish priests Manuel Garcia Viejo and Miguel Pajares, who both died of the virus, officials say.
Some 3,400 people have died in the outbreak - mostly in West Africa.

Meanwhile US President Barack Obama has said the White House is considering extra screening at US airports for people arriving from the worst-affected countries in West Africa.

He said the chances for an Ebola outbreak in the US were extremely low, but vowed to step up the pressure on larger countries to help with efforts to contain the disease.

It comes as the US tries to limit the spread from its first confirmed case, a Liberian in Dallas.

High fever
The Spanish nurse is in a stable condition, Ms Mato said. She started to feel ill last week when she was on holiday.
The nurse was admitted to hospital in Alcorcon, near Madrid, on Monday morning with a high fever, she said.

"Both the health ministry and public health authorities are working together to give the best care to the patient and to guarantee the safety of all citizens," the minister told a news conference.

Manuel Garcia Viejo, 69, died in the hospital Carlos III de Madrid on 25 September after catching Ebola in Sierra Leone.

Miguel Pajares, 75, died in August after contracting the virus in Liberia.

Experimental drug
Ebola spreads through contact with the bodily fluids of someone who has the virus and the only way to stop an outbreak is to isolate those who are infected.

There have been nearly 7,500 confirmed infections worldwide, with officials saying the figure is likely to be much higher in reality.

Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia have been hardest hit.

Thomas Duncan, the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the US, is being treated at a Dallas hospital in isolation. He caught the virus in his native Liberia.

Mr Duncan's condition is critical but stable, doctors said on Monday.

He has been given Brincidofovir, a new experimental drug for treating Ebola which was developed in North Carolina.

Bring Ebola to Spain, they said...
Contagion in the western world is impossible, they said.

Anyways... this is happening.

[Paula Deen]

Contagion in the western world is impossible, they said.

Seems to me like she caught it in Africa, and brought it to the western world, so contagion is in fact, still not possible in the western world.

[Garnier Fructis]

Seems to me like she caught it in Africa, and brought it to the western world, so contagion is in fact, still not possible in the western world.

Says right in the article that she contracted it from patients who were brought to Madrid for treatment.

[Paula Deen]

Says right in the article that she contracted it from patients who were brought to Madrid for treatment.

Where did the patients come from :3

[Beat5beat]

Where did the patients come from :3

You do know that the words "in" and "from" have different meanings correct?

[Deleted]

Where did the patients come from :3

A nurse getting ebola in a first world hospital is a cause of concern... Don't be dense.

[Elegiac]

A nurse getting ebola in a first world hospital is a cause of concern... Don't be dense.

Oh for Christ's sake.

We still have flare ups of bubonic plague in the first world. It doesn't make it an imminent danger to public health.

[Paula Deen]

Oh for Christ's sake.

We still have flare ups of bubonic plague in the first world. It doesn't make it an imminent danger to public health.

Basically this, this entire freak out actually makes me mad. She works personally with those people, stuff happens, if its a cause for concern show me the hundreds of other cases in the Western World? Can't, wanna know why? Because we can treat the disease and we are careful. It doesn't help that CNN, BBC, MSNBC, Fox, and all these other news companies are spewing this shit out like its going to kill us all, remember the Bird Flu? Remember the Swine Flu? REMEMBER?

[Deleted]

Oh for Christ's sake.

We still have flare ups of bubonic plague in the first world. It doesn't make it an imminent danger to public health.

Lets hope you're right.

The way I see it: a nurse getting infected with this... I mean, she was part of a special team, there was a protocol, and still she gets infected. I'm not easily alarmed, but you have to admit, under those circumstances, the fact that she got infected is worrying.

[Belchh]

One person is not an outbreak. Ebola is a concern, governments should do more to help deal with hit, but over sensationalizing it like the retards in the media do doesn't help anybody.

[Elegiac]

Lets hope you're right.

The way I see it: a nurse getting infected with this... I mean, she was part of a special team, there was a protocol, and still she gets infected. I'm not easily alarmed, but you have to admit, under those circumstances, the fact that she got infected is worrying.

If you're asking for a fireproof house, I don't know what to tell you.

[Rizendragon]

Oh for Christ's sake.

We still have flare ups of bubonic plague in the first world. It doesn't make it an imminent danger to public health.

This really... Fear mongering is fear mongering...

[Bullettime]

One person is not an outbreak. Ebola is a concern, governments should do more to help deal with hit, but over sensationalizing it like the retards in the media do doesn't help anybody.

Yeah it's being blown up like the start of a fucking zombie virus.

[Rizendragon]

If you're asking for a fireproof house, I don't know what to tell you.

100% concrete

[Saft]

Lol tell me about it. Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet are quite busy with Ebola fear mongering. One of their head journalists used too much tin foil and wrote an article about "how terrorists could use Ebola for bio weapons against the west".

[Deleted]

Lets hope you're right.

The way I see it: a nurse getting infected with this... I mean, she was part of a special team, there was a protocol, and still she gets infected. I'm not easily alarmed, but you have to admit, under those circumstances, the fact that she got infected is worrying.

Probably a broken glove, or accidentally pricked with a used needle, or maybe patient coughed up some salive in nurses face. Accidents happen and i doubt they use more then gloves and mouth masks for protection when dealing with ebola patients. You don't need more protectoin from ebola then say AIDS.

[Paula Deen]

Lol tell me about it. Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet are quite busy with Ebola fear mongering. One of their head journalists used too much tin foil and wrote an article about "how terrorists could use Ebola for bio weapons against the west".

What are they gonna compose a weapon made entirely of infected human blood and spew it all over everything? Come on......

[Independent voter]

"He has been given Brincidofovir, a new experimental drug for treating Ebola which was developed in North Carolina. "

I read somewhere that there was only enough of the drug to treat 2 people.

Problem with anti virus stuff is it's not profitable, not like high blood pressure or anti-acids. People only have to take the drug once.

[Deleted]

What are they gonna compose a weapon made entirely of infected human blood and spew it all over everything? Come on......

Infect yourself, spit in your hands, start shaking peoples hands in a city. Or start coughing on people. you could make it work depending on how long the virus can live in fluids outside the body, not sure on that. Ofcourse its abit less "glorious" then going out with a bang.

Or infect yourself and sleep with as many hookers as you can before you start showing symptoms, that could do it too.

Bonus points if you do it on airports ofcourse.

You'll still need hundreds of people doing this to have a serious impact.

[Kasierith]

This just in: being a health care worker comes with occupational hazards. It's not an outbreak.

Also, this thing has been studied for decades; if people haven't figured out how to weaponize it yet, it probably won't happen.