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A SPANISH NURSE who became the first person outside Africa to be infected with Ebola has tested negative for the virus.
Further tests this week are due to to determine whether she is completely free of the virus.
Teresa Romero, who was hospitalised in Madrid on 6 October, will have to undergo a second test before she can be declared free of the deadly virus, the Spanish government said.
Romero, 44, contracted the tropical fever after caring for two Ebola patients who died at Madrid’s Carlos III hospital, in the first known case of transmission outside Africa.
She will be given another test “in the coming hours”, according to a statement from Spain’s special Ebola committee, which added that her “health was… developing favourably”.
“I am very happy today because we can say Teresa beat the disease,” Romero’s husband Javier Limon said in a video filmed at the hospital where he is being kept under observation with 14 other people who had contact with Romero before she was diagnosed.
The worst-ever outbreak of the deadly virus has so far killed more than 4,500 people, almost all in west Africa, with close to 2,500 deaths registered in worst-hit Liberia.
The deadly virus, for which there is currently no licensed treatment or vaccine, spreads via contact with bodily fluids.
EU meeting
Some countries have managed to get a handle on the outbreak, with Africa’s most populous nation Nigeria expected to be declared free of the deadly virus today after 42 days without registering any new infections.
European Union foreign ministers will meet in Luxembourg today to try and devise a new strategy to combat the outbreak, including by freeing up more funds and sending skilled staff to Africa.
Ahead of the talks, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said the bloc should consider sending “a civilian EU mission” to west Africa.
“This would offer a platform to (EU) member states” to send medical staff to the region, he said at a health forum in Berlin.
One EU diplomat said Britain — which already has a navy ship bound for Sierra Leone laden with medical staff and supplies — hoped to “galvanise EU action on Ebola”.
“There is a real sense that this is a tipping point and we must get to grips with it now,” said the diplomat. “If we can deal with it in the country, we don’t have to deal with it at home.”
Another diplomat said there are plans for three nations to spearhead global aid to the worst-hit countries: the United States for Liberia, Britain for Sierra Leone and France for Guinea.
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Got this a few weeks back and knew it was a scam straight away. Sur who would be sending me flowers… ?
You mean there are no flowers? #foreveralone
Who won the lotto?
I Did WohoHo
As a meteor customer I am aware of meteor full stop….!
Think of all the genuine flowers that will never be collected now.
Being a Meteor Customer I would be lucky to get a scam text with the reception I have in my house !
It redirects you to a movie and when u watch it you die within 7 working days
Meteors “unlimited” data plan is an even bigger scam.
That has being going around awhile got one a few months ago
Try roaming in France or Italy with Meteor, pure disaster. When you discover that they have no roaming deal done with any operator in these countries, their best suggestion is to send a text to accept charges, this does’nt work. Then they suggest logging on to a website to accept the roaming charges. Of course, given that you don’t have a data connection, this is a bit of a problem so then they suggest finding WiFi to accept the charges. If I had easy access to WiFi, why the f~#k would I need to pay for roaming in the first place. In any event, even when I tried this, it did not work.
So then, you get back to Ireland and contact them with a complaint which they cannot resolve, you ask for a manager, they tell you there is none available, then you ask to speak to the Services Director, they say that they do know their name. What is the name of your Managing Director and what is their contact email? They do not know!! They call this customer service.
Then there was an issue with the Zamano text scam on Meteor where you get billed for about 6 texts that arrive in a burst at 2am and you get a bill of €1.60 a text. Meteor claim that they can do nothing about this.
Here is some free advice NEVER USE METEOR.
Meteor are PURE CRAP.
Hey declan, With zamano and all those other companies all you have to do is to reply STOP to the text. You can get all that money back too by contacting the telecomms regulator.
Meteor roaming is pretty shite though but in fairness they do have some pretty good plans for the low end users. That new unlim plan is popular.
Kevin, thanks for the tip on Zamano / regulator
they need a better hook, its like getting a call from Microsoft support at home….seems legit
They wouldn’t do it if people didn’t fall for it…
Dee4 I actually heard before that these scams are set up to be so intentionally stupid that it will only catch out the ones that are likely to easily give up their credit card details. Same as the Nigerian prince scams etc., they don’t want to have their time wasted by people that aren’t going to give them their bank details so they set them out to miss 99.9% of people.
Just received my flowers there, brighten the place up a treat. Would recommend.
Least of your problems if you’re a Meteor customer I think
You’d wana be a right dingbat
If you eat some Namm Bread every day then your brain will be alert to all scams
Used to be a meteor customer I got out in time hearing noting but bad stories now. Not such a cheap service anymore. Vodaphone gives great deals on there red service
correct.they have to have the worst customer service of any company i have dealt with.rude,clueless staff.
I’m sure we will all receive this text in the next few days
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