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Madrid's regional government says it's going to kill the pet dog of a Spanish woman who became infected with Ebola. Click to Continue |
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Source: Agence France-Presse Country: Liberia, Sierra Leone, Spain 10/7/2014 - 17:14 GMT by Roland LLOYD PARRY / Michaela CANCELA-KIEFFER Doctors in Spain hospitalised three more people and rushed to identify dozens of others at risk on Tuesday after a nurse was infected with the deadly Ebola virus, raising fears of contagion in Europe. |
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MADRID (AP) — Madrid's regional government says it's going to kill the pet dog of a Spanish woman who became infected with Ebola. Authorities said in a statement Tuesday that available scientific knowledge indicates there's a risk the dog could transmit the deadly virus to humans. |
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Her case highlighted the dangers health care workers face while caring for Ebola patients -- officials said she had changed a diaper for the priest and collected material from his room after he died. Dead Ebola victims are highly infectious and in West Africa their bodies are collected by workers in hazmat outfits. |
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An assistant nurse from Madrid has contracted Ebola after treating two Spanish missionaries who were repatriated from West Africa with the disease. The Local's live blog covered events as they unfolded on Tuesday. Read on to find out more. |
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Three more people are under quarantine for possible Ebola at a Madrid hospital after a Spanish nursing assistant became infected there. |
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Three more people are under quarantine for possible Ebola at a Madrid hospital after a Spanish nursing assistant became infected there. |
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Raising fresh concern around the world, a nurse in Spain on Monday became the first person known to catch Ebola outside the outbreak zone in West Africa. In the U.S., President Barack Obama said the government was considering ordering more careful screening of airline passengers arriving from the region. |
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Three more people were put under quarantine for possible Ebola at a Madrid hospital where a Spanish nurse became infected, authorities said Tuesday. More than 50 others were being monitored as experts tried to figure out why Spain's anti-infection practices failed. |
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Retired second generation Irish cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor has said that he would ask Rome to ordain married men as Catholic priests. The post Former Cardinal recommends married priests appeared first on The IrishWorld . |