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Investigations are under way at a
hospital in Madrid after a Spanish
nurse became the first person
known to have contracted the
deadly Ebola virus outside West
Africa.
The nurse had treated two Spanish
missionaries who died of the disease
after being flown home from the region.
Three other people, including the
nurse's husband, have been
quarantined.
The European Commission has asked
Spain to explain how the nurse could
have become infected.
Some 3,400 people have died in the
outbreak - mostly in West Africa.
The Spanish auxiliary nurse, a 40-year-
old woman who has not been named,
was one of about 30 staff at the Carlos
III hospital in Madrid who had been
treating priests Manuel Garcia Viejo
and Miguel Pajares, officials say.
Staff staged a protest outside La Paz
Hospital in Madrid over the
government's handling of the Ebola
cases
Mr Garcia Viejo, 69, died at the hospital
on 25 September after catching Ebola in
Sierra Leone. Mr Pajares, 75, died in
August after contracting the virus in
Liberia.
The nurse had twice gone into the room
where Mr Garcia Viejo had been
treated, to be directly involved in his
care and to disinfect the room after his
death. Both times she was wearing
protective clothing.
Madrid healthcare director Antonia
Alemany told reporters that according
to the information available: "The nurse
went into the room wearing the
individual protection gear and there's no
knowledge of an accidental exposure to
risk."
Shortly afterwards the nurse went on
holiday, a hospital spokesman said, but
fell ill on 30 September and was
admitted to Alcorcon hospital in south-
west Madrid on Sunday after being
tested positive for Ebola.
Early on Tuesday she was moved under
police escort to Carlos III hospital in the
capital and is said to be in a stable
condition.
The Spanish health authorities say she is
being treated with a drip using
antibodies from previous Ebola patients.
Her husband and a second nurse who
treated the missionary are now in
quarantine, officials said, as well as a
man who recently arrived on a flight from Nigeria.

Perhaps it's going round.