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Spanish Nurse Cured of Ebola

by Bidita Debnath on October 22, 2014 at 11:30 PM

Teresa Romero, a Spanish nurse, who was the first person to catch Ebola outside Africa has been cured of the deadly virus according to definitive test results by doctors.


"The criteria set by the World Health Organization for curing the Ebola virus have been fulfilled... She is now cured," Doctor Jose Ramon Arribas, head of the Carlos III hospital's infectious diseases unit, told a news conference.

Source: AFP

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