The Ebola virus which has caused a lot of fear in the minds
of people in Africa has spread to Europe. A Spanish priest infected with the
virus in Liberia arrived in Madrid for treatment today. 75 year old Miguel
Pajares (pictured above) had been working as a missionary in Liberia when he
tested positive for Ebola at the San Jose de Monrovia Hospital in Monrovia. A
medically-equipped military jet was sent to Liberia yesterday to repatriate
Pajares.
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A Spanish nun named Paciencia Melgar working in Equatorial Guinea has also tested positive to Ebola and will also be repatriated to Spain.
The priest and the nun belonged to a Catholic humanitarian group that runs hospitals around the world, and had been helping to treat patients infected with the virus when they were infected.
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