Spanish Man Isolated After Wife Tests Positive for Ebola
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Spain health officials isolated a man to see if he’s infected with Ebola after his wife, a Madrid nursing assistant, became the first person to contract the viral illness outside of Africa.
The woman’s husband is under observation, said Jose Arribas, the head of the infections unit at the Carlos III hospital in Madrid where the assistant worked and is being treated. A nurse at the hospital who also had been in isolation tested negative for the illness, a health official said. About 52 people, including hospital staff, who interacted with the nurse’s assistant are being monitored, authorities said at a news conference today.