Just when we had high hopes on the Zmapp…oh well!
The
75 year old Spanish priest who was infected with the Ebola virus in
Liberia and evacuated to Spain to get better treatment has been
confirmed dead.
He died this morning at Carlos III hospital Madrid where he had been quarantined since his return from Liberia.
Miguel Pajares, 75, was airlifted back to Spain from Liberia last week with a nun who tested negative for the virus.
For the past few days he had been treated with an untested, experimental drug, Zmapp.
He contracted the disease while working for a non-governmental organization in Liberia.
The hospital has now been closed because of the outbreak.
More than 1,000 people have died in Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Nigeria since the outbreak was first reported in February.