Spanish nurse whose home is under police guard after she contracted Ebola


  • Nurse Teresa Romero Ramos was in team that treated Manuel Garcia Viejo  
  • Spanish missionary was brought back from Africa last month for treatment
  • Officers stood guard outside her Madrid home as onlookers gathered
  • Officials say they ‘don’t know’ how his nurse became infected with the virus
  • But unnamed medics claimed their gear did not meet WHO standards
  • Her husband Javier Limon Romero is also in quarantine
  • Now he has claimed Spanish health officials want to put down his dog

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This is the first picture of the Spanish nurse who became the first person outside of Africa to become infected with Ebola.

Teresa Romero Ramos is being held in quarantine at a hospital in the Spanish capital.

Ms Romero Ramos, 44, from Galicia in northwest Spain, who is one of the medical team that treated two repatriated Spanish priests who died from Ebola, was diagnosed with the killer disease on Monday.

Her husband Javier Limon Romero is also in quarantine over fears he may too have contracted the disease. 

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Teresa Romero Ramos, the Spanish nurse who is the first case of Ebola contagion in Europe. She was part of the medical team that treated two priests who died in Madrid after contracting the disease in Sierra Leone

Lockdown: Police stand guard outside the residence of Teresa Romero Ramos, a Spanish nurse, in Alcorcon tonight after she was admitted overnight to a Madrid hospital infected with the deadly Ebola virus

Officers with handguns stood outside the house in the suburb of Alcorcon, as curious members of the public gathered outside

The escalation in Spain’s Ebola outbreak comes as officials revealed 30 people were being monitored for symptoms

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