The 75 year old
Spanish priest who was infected with the Ebola virus in Liberia and
evacuated to Spain to get better treatment has died, a Madrid
spokeswoman from Madrid Health authorities said this morning.
Fr. Miguel
Pajares, who was airlifted from Liberia on August 7 after contracting
the disease while working for a non-governmental organization in the
African country started using the experimental drug, Zmapp last Saturday
9th August but sadly lost the battle to the deadly virus. He was being
treated at Carlos III hospital Madrid where he had been quarantined
since his return from Liberia.This will be the first European that has died from the recent outbreak of the deadly virus.
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