Международная организация "Врачи без границ" сообщила о заражении своего норвежского сотрудника в Сьерра-Леоне вирусом Эбола.

Специалист, имя которого не называется, был помещен в карантин в минувшее воскресенье. Позднее в тот же день был проведен тест, давший положительный результат. Сообщается, что сотрудник "Врачей без границ" в ближайшее время будет доставлен в Норвегию, где его поместят в госпиталь в Осло.

Spanish nurse first to contract Ebola in Europe 'had virus for a week' before being diagnosed
The health worker went on holiday after becoming infected with the deadly virus while caring for a missionary who returned to Madrid from Sierra Leone
.. By Fiona Govan, Madrid
9:54AM BST 07 Oct 2014
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The Spanish nurse who became the first person to contract Ebola outside West Africa began to feel unwell a week before she was finally admitted into a Madrid hospital and diagnosed with the deadly virus, it has emerged.

The 44-year-old nurse, who was part of the medical team that treated two Spanish missionaries who died of the disease shortly after they were repatriated to Madrid, first complained of feeling ill on September 30.

She reportedly contacted health workers to tell them she was suffering from a low fever and fatigue explaining that she had assisted in the care of the missionaries at the specialist isolation unit of the Carlos III hospital.

But it wasn’t until she presented herself at the emergency department of her local hospital in the early hours of Monday with a high fever that she was finally admitted and given tests to see if she had contracted the virus.

On Monday night, Spain’s Ministry of Health confirmed that the woman, whose name has not been made public, had tested positive to the virus and become the first person to contract Ebola outside of West Africa.

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Ebola, which is contracted through contact with infected bodily fluids, has killed more than 3,300 people in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia.

The delay in diagnosing the illness in the Spanish nurse has raised serious questions over the ability of Spain’s health service to contain the virus after the controversial repatriation of the two elderly missionaries.

Ana Mato, the Spanish Health Minister urged people to remain calm, insisting that “all possible measures” were in place to guarantee public safety.

The coordinator of emergency health services at the Spanish Ministry of Health conceded that it would have been better to have admitted the nurse into hospital earlier.

He said that although ‎she hadn't presented the symptoms used by clinicians to initially suspect a case of Ebola, her recent history of having been in contact with the stricken missionaries meant it would have been preferable to err on the side of caution.

"‎In this case it would have been better to have admitted her for observation on September 30 rather than wait for the more serious symptoms," said Fernando Simon.

‎He confirmed that the husband of the nurse has now been put in isolation and is under observation although he has yet to show signs of feeling unwell.

An investigation has been launched in an attempt to determine exactly how the nurse contracted the virus while working within strict guidelines set up at the specialist unit where the repatriated missionaries were treated.

She had access to Manuel Garcia Viejo, 69, the missionary who died on September 25, five days after being repatriated from Sierra Leone, on only two occasions, Madrid’s health chief confirmed.

The first was to treat him during his illness and the second was after he died when she entered the room to collect materials for disposal.

The day after his death, the nurse went on holiday to a location that has not been made public by health authorities.

Spain’s health authorities are monitoring 30 people that may have been in close contact with the nurse, including medical colleagues and her husband.

Late Monday night the infected nurse was transferred to the isolation unit at Carlos III where the two missionaries with Ebola were treated. Her condition is described as “stable”.

Staff at the hospital have expressed concern that standards designed to keep the virus in check were not sufficient.

According to a report in El Mundo, the protective suits issued to the medical team treating the missionaries were sub-standard because they were not completely impermeable and did not include separate breathing apparatus