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Ebola-infected Spanish nurse declared free of virus

Teresa Romero was first person to have contracted the deadly illness outside of West Africa

21.10.2014 - Update : 21.10.2014
Ebola-infected Spanish nurse declared free of virus

MADRID

A Spanish nurse who was the first person to contract Ebola outside of West Africa has reportedly fully recovered from the deadly virus.

Nurse Teresa Romero, who had treated Ebola victims in Madrid and before catching the virus herself, was declared free of the illness after a second set of tests proved negative, Spanish international news agency EFE reported on Tuesday.

Doctors had been treating her since October 6 at the Carlos III hospital in Madrid.  

The Ebola virus - a potentially lethal disease with no known cure - has claimed nearly 4,500 lives in West Africa alone, prompting the world to increase screening and treatment measures after cases were reported in Europe and America.

Reports claim that out of 8,997 confirmed cases of Ebola - which has a 50 percent fatality rate - a total of 4,993 people have died.

The most recent outbreak started in West Africa in March 2014 after spreading to Guinea's neighbors: Sierra Leone and Liberia.

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