Father Miguel Pajares, 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 confirmed 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.
He will be remembered as the first European citizen
who has died from the recent outbreak of the deadly virus.
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