Spain Treats First Case Of Ebola; Spanish Priest & Nun Test Positive


Posted on: Thu 07-08-2014

The Ebola Virus has spread to Europe. A Spanish priest infected with the virus in Liberia has arrived in Madrid for treatment. 75 year old Miguel Pajares had been working as a missionary in Liberia when he tested positive for Ebola at the San Jose de Monrovia Hospital in Monrovia.

A medically-equipped military jet was sent to Liberia yesterday to repatriate Pajares.

A Spanish nun named as Paciencia Melgar working in Equatorial Guinea has also The  priest and the nun belong to a Catholic humanitarian group that runs hospitals around the world, and had been helping to treat patients infected with the virus when they were infected