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Ebola crisis: Spanish nurse tests 'negative' for virus Ebola crisis: Spanish nurse tests negative for virus
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The Spanish nurse who became the first person to contract Ebola outside West Africa has now tested negative for the virus, her family told Spanish media. The Spanish nurse who became the first person to contract Ebola outside West Africa has now tested negative for the virus, the Spanish government says,
The reported result raises hopes that Teresa Romero is no longer infected with the disease. The result suggests Teresa Romero, 44, is no longer infected - although a second test is required before she can be declared free of Ebola.
However, doctors stressed that a second test would be needed before they could be completely confident that she was no longer carrying the virus. Ms Romero contracted the virus when treating two infected patients in a Madrid hospital earlier this month.
The Ebola outbreak has killed more than 4,500 people across West Africa.The Ebola outbreak has killed more than 4,500 people across West Africa.
Ms Romero, 44, contracted the virus when she treated two patients infected with Ebola in a Madrid hospital. Ms Romero tested positive for the virus on 6 October, after she treated two missionaries who had been repatriated from West Africa. The missionaries later died from the virus.
The two missionaries had been repatriated to Spain from West Africa, but later died from the virus.
Ms Romero has said she might have become infected when she removed her protective suit.Ms Romero has said she might have become infected when she removed her protective suit.
She has been in quarantine at Carlos III hospital in Madrid, and was reportedly treated with a human serum containing antibodies from Ebola survivors.
A government statement on Sunday said that a blood test appeared to show that the virus was no longer in her body.