The Spanish missionary who contracted
the Ebola virus while working in West Africa has died in hospital in Madrid. More than 1,000 people have died in
Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Nigeria since the outbreak was first reported
in February.
Miguel Pajares, 75, was airlifted
back to Spain from Liberia last week with a nun who tested negative for the
virus. For the past few days he had been
treated with an untested, experimental drug, Zmapp.
A World Health Organization (WHO)
panel in Geneva has meanwhile approved the ethics of using ZMapp.
It was reported that the panel said
it was ethical to combat the Ebola outbreak by offering drugs or vaccines whose
side-effects and efficacy had yet to be proven.
The priest was part of a Catholic
order at St Joseph’s hospital in the Liberian capital, Monrovia.
The hospital has now been closed
because of the outbreak.
A Congolese nun died there on
Saturday, days after its director, Patrick Nshamdze, also died.
A Spanish missionary who contracted
the Ebola virus while working in West Africa has died in hospital in Madrid.
More than 1,000 people have died in
Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Nigeria since the outbreak was first reported
in February.
Miguel Pajares, 75, was airlifted
back to Spain from Liberia last week with a nun who tested negative for the
virus.
For the past few days he had been
treated with an untested, experimental drug, Zmapp.
A World Health Organization (WHO)
panel in Geneva has meanwhile approved the ethics of using ZMapp.
It was reported that the panel said
it was ethical to combat the Ebola outbreak by offering drugs or vaccines whose
side-effects and efficacy had yet to be proven.
The priest was part of a Catholic
order at St Joseph’s hospital in the Liberian capital, Monrovia.
The hospital has now been closed
because of the outbreak.
A Congolese nun died there on
Saturday, days after its director, Patrick Nshamdze, also died.
Spanish priest infected in Liberia dies
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