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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, the Spanish government says, | |
The result suggests Teresa Romero, 44, is no longer infected - although a second test is required before she can be declared free of Ebola. | |
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 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. | |
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. |