Spanish Hospital Monitors 13 People for Risk of Ebola
By Charles Penty
Bloomberg.com
Oct 10, 2014
A Madrid hospital expanded its monitoring of people who may be at risk of contracting Ebola from an infected woman and the U.K. will screen arriving passengers as Europe stepped up its watch on the deadly virus.
Thirteen people are under observation in Madrid, including the husband of 44-year-old nursing assistant Teresa Romero, who became infected after caring for two missionaries with Ebola, the La Paz-Carlos III hospital said last night in an e-mailed statement. None are showing symptoms. Romero’s condition is “serious but stable,” the hospital said.
European nations are becoming more vigilant after Romero this week became the first person to contract Ebola outside of Africa. Her illness, and the Oct. 8 death of a Liberian man in Dallas, have raised concern that Ebola will infect others in Europe and the U.S. The viral infection has killed more than 3,800 people in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia this year.
“We remain alert and prepared, should an Ebola case be identified here,” Britain’s Chief Medical Officer Sally Davies said in a statement late yesterday.
The U.K. said it will screen passengers arriving from those three African nations for signs of Ebola, following the U.S. in implementing measures that the World Health Organization says are unlikely to work.
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