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 Organisation panel is
expected to rule on Tuesday on the ethics of using ZMapp.
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
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