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Spanish nurse first to contract Ebola outside Africa

A Spanish nurse has contractedEbola after treating two patients who died from the disease at a Madrid hospital, the government said Monday, in the first known case of transmission outside of Africa.

07.10.2014

(AFP) A Spanish nurse has contractedEbola after treating two patients who died from the disease at a Madrid hospital, the government said Monday, in the first known case of transmission outside of Africa.

The 40-year-old began to feel ill on September 30 but did not go to hospital until Sunday, complaining of a fever.