A Spanish missionary priest who tested positive for
the Ebola virus has landed in Spain on a flight from Liberia on Thursday, the
Defense Ministry said, according to reports monitored by Associated Press.
The priest, Miguel Pajares, was helping to treat
people infected with Ebola and was one of three who tested positive at the San
Jose de Monrovia Hospital in Liberia earlier this week.
Juliana Bohi, an Equatorial Guinean nun with Spanish
nationality who worked with him in Liberia, was also brought back but she is
not infected. Both worked for the San Juan de Dios hospital order, a Catholic
humanitarian group that runs hospitals around the world.
It is the first time that someone infected with Ebola
will be treated in Spain.
The ministry said the medically equipped Airbus 310
carrying Pajares landed at 8.15 (0615) GMT) Thursday at Torrejon air base,
close to Madrid.
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