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Health See other Health Articles Title: Spanish nurse whose home is under police guard after she contracted Ebola... with the pet dog authorities say now has to die Nurse Teresa Romero Ramos was in team that treated Manuel Garcia Viejo Spanish missionary was brought back from Africa last month for treatment Officers stood guard outside her Madrid home as onlookers gathered Officials say they 'don't know' how his nurse became infected with the virus But unnamed medics claimed their gear did not meet WHO standards Her husband Javier Limon Romero is also in quarantine Now he has claimed Spanish health officials want to put down his dog Teresa Romero Ramos is being held in quarantine at a hospital in the Spanish capital. Ms Romero Ramos, 44, from Galicia in northwest Spain, who is one of the medical team that treated two repatriated Spanish priests who died from Ebola, was diagnosed with the killer disease on Monday. Her husband Javier Limon Romero is also in quarantine over fears he may too have contracted the disease. Teresa Romero Ramos, the Spanish nurse who is the first case of Ebola contagion in Europe. She was part of the medical team that treated two priests who died in Madrid after contracting the disease in Sierra Leone Lockdown: Police stand guard outside the residence of Teresa Romero Ramos, a Spanish nurse, in Alcorcon tonight after she was admitted overnight to a Madrid hospital infected with the deadly Ebola virus Officers with handguns stood outside the house in the suburb of Alcorcon, as curious members of the public gathered outside The escalation in Spain's Ebola outbreak comes as officials revealed 30 people were being monitored for symptoms Husband of Spanish Ebola nurse pleads to save dog Javier Limon Romero, the husband of the Spanish nurse infected with Ebola. The couple are being held in quarantine in separate rooms at the same hospital in the Spanish capital. His wife Teresa, 44, from Galicia in northwest Spain, is one of the medical team that treated two repatriated Spanish priests who died from Ebola The mother (right) of Teresa Romero Ramos, the Spanish nurse who is the first case of ebola contagion in Europe, looks through a window at her home in Becerrea town, Lugo province, Galicia, north-western Spain Unexpected victim: An SOS message Javier Limon Romero sent to a friend ended up on the Facebook page of an animal welfare association Armed police have been spotted outside the nurse's Madrid home in the suburb of Alcorcon, as curious members of the public gathered outside. Their identities came out after Mr Romero asked a Spanish animal charity to start a social media campaign to stop health officials putting his dog down. Her husband raged: 'I want to publicly denounce a man called Zarco, who I think is Head of Health for the community of Madrid and who's told me that I have to sacrifice my dog. He's asked for my consent and I've denied it, to which he responded that they would ask for a court order to enter my house and sacrifice it.' Anger was growing in Spain meanwhile over how the nurse became infected with Ebola as it was claimed the protective suits given to health officials were not good enough. Four suspected Ebola patients are now in hospital in Madrid after Teresa Romero Ramos was confirmed as the first person to catch the virus outside of West Africa. The escalation in Spain's Ebola outbreak comes as officials revealed 30 people were being monitored for symptoms. In a further worrying development, the World Health Organisation says Europe must brace itself for even more outbreaks. Health workers protest outside La Paz Hospital, calling for Spain's health minister Ana Mato to resign after a Spanish nurse became the first person to contract Ebola outside of West Africa The protest follows claims the nurse did not have the sufficient equipment required to tackle the highly contagious virus Last night the pet dog at the centre of a growing Ebola row in Spain took a new twist as it emerged its owner had ceded possession to an animal welfare group which is now trying to save it. Health chiefs in Madrid obtained a court order to sacrifice Excalibur and sent police to the home of nurse Teresa Romero Ramos, who has been diagnosed with the deadly disease, and her husband Javier Limon Romero. They were understood to be planning to gain entry to the property in the Madrid suburb of Alcorcon last night so they could take it away and put it down. But a lawyer working for Madrid-based animal welfare group Mascoteros Solidarios rushed to the couple's flat to try to prevent the animal sacrifice. The move came after Javier, who has been quarantined in a Madrid hospital with his wife, handed his pet dog over to the organisation's president Carlos Rodriguez, a vet and well-known radio presenter in Spain. The association confirmed in a press release tonight: 'Teresa Romero's husband Javier, has ceded the custody of his dog to Carlos Rodriguez through a WhatsApp message while he is in Carlos III Hospital in Madrid. 'The dog, Excalibur, is currently inside the family home in Alcorcon. Several animal welfare groups and private individuals have mobilised following Javier's message over social networking sites about the plans to sacrifice the animal.' Thousands of people had last night signed an online petition to save the dog. Mascoteros Solidarios spokesman Beatriz Ramos said: 'We're not suggesting doing anything that endangers public health. 'All we want is for the authorities to consider the option of treating this animal like a human being and putting it into quarantine. 'This dog has been interacting with other animals over the past few days who in turn will have have been interacting with their owners. 'It's something that needs to be studied and we don't believe that just putting the animal down is the answer.' Madrid health chiefs said the animal was a health risk and could transmit the Ebola virus to humans. They said in a statement: 'The only way of eliminating the existing risk of the transmission of the illness is by putting the animal which has been in contact with the virus to sleep.' Earlier today Javier, who lives in the Madrid suburb of Alcorcon, raged: 'Before leaving hospital I left several buckets of water out for it as well as filling the bath with water, along with a 15 kilo sack of food. 'I also left the door to the terrace open so it could do it necessities.' He added: 'It seems unfair to me that because of a mistake they've made, they want to solve this the easy way. 'A dog doesn't have to infect a person and vice versa. 'If this problem worries them so much I think they should look for another type of alternative solution, such as putting the dog in quarantine and observation like they've done with me. Or perhaps they feel they should sacrifice me just in case. Of course a dog is easier, it doesn't matter as much.' It has also since emerged that a week before she tested positive for Ebola the nurse had contacted health workers to complain of a fever and fatigue, telling them she had helped treat two priests who contracted Ebola in Africa and were repatriated to Spain. But it wasn't until she went to her local hospital on Monday that she was finally admitted and tested for the virus. It is not the same hospital where she worked, raising questions over the number of people she has come into contact with. A woman is pictured wearing a protective mask as she leaves Hospital Fundacion Alcorcon in Madrid, where the Spanish nurse first tested positive Today husband Javier, who is also being looked after at the Carlos III Hospital, spoke to respected Spanish daily El Mundo, which managed to get a quick phone interview with him in hospital. He sounded fit and in good health during their five-minute chat. He told the paper: 'My wife has been working normally and has followed all the normal protocols. 'We've no idea how she could have been infected. 'She's never appeared worried about anything. We were going to go on holiday and couldn't because of an accident I had at work. 'She volunteered to help the second priest who died from Ebola. She was on the rota when the first patient arrived but volunteered second time round.' Anger was growing in Spain today over how the nurse became infected with Ebola as it was claimed the protective suits given to health officials were not good enough. Four suspected Ebola patients are now in hospital in Madrid after Teresa Romero Ramos was confirmed as the first person to catch the virus outside of West Africa. The escalation in Spain's Ebola outbreak comes as officials revealed 30 people were being monitored for symptoms, It has also since emerged that a week before she tested positive for Ebola she had contacted health workers to complain of a fever and fatigue, telling them she had helped treat two priests who contracted Ebola in Africa and were repatriated to Spain. But it wasn't until she went to her local hospital on Monday that she was finally admitted and tested for the virus. It is not the same hospital where she worked, raising questions over the number of people she has come into contact with. Meanwhile the World Health Organisation warned that it is 'unavoidable' more cases will be diagnosed in Europe. Hospital staff walk out past police guarding the entrance to protest outside the Carlos III hospital in Madrid, Spain where a Spanish nurse is being treated after testing positive for the Ebola virus A hospital worker looks out from behind the main gate of the Carlos III hospital where five people are now being treated in connection with the possible outbreak - the first time the illness has spread outside of West Africa WHO's European director Zsuzsanna Jakab said further such events were 'unavoidable'. She said: 'Such imported cases and similar events as have happened in Spain will happen also in the future, most likely. 'It is quite unavoidable... that such incidents will happen in the future because of the extensive travel both from Europe to the affected countries and the other way around.' Poster Comment: Anger was growing in Spain meanwhile over how the nurse became infected with Ebola as it was claimed the protective suits given to health officials were not good enough. Four suspected Ebola patients are now in hospital in Madrid after Teresa Romero Ramos was confirmed as the first person to catch the virus outside of West Africa. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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