Spaniard with Ebola beats disease, but new test slated

As reported in 'The Japan News' : The Associated Press Maria Teresa Mesa, left, speaks to the media about Ebola patient Teresa Romero in front of the Carlos III Hospital in Madrid on Sunday.

The Associated Press, MADRID (AP) — A Spanish nursing assistant infected with Ebola after treating missionary priests with the disease repatriated from West Africa has managed to beat it after nearly two weeks of treatment in Madrid and has no traces of the virus in her bloodstream, according to test results released Sunday night by Spain’s government. Teresa Romero, 44, is believed to be the first person to have caught Ebola via transmission outside of West Africa in the current outbreak. Two nurses in the U.S. later contracted Ebola after treating a Liberian man who died at a Dallas hospital. Romero was among Spain’s team of health care workers caring for the priests in August and September and told officials she remembered touching a glove to her face after leaving the hospital room of Father Miguel Pajares, who died Sept. 25. She entered his room twice — once to change his diaper and another time after he died to retrieve unspecified items. Romero, who remains quarantined at Madrid’s Carlos III hospital, must undergo another Ebola test to make sure she is virus free after testing positive on Oct.