Ebola in Spain: 4 more hospitalized, 2 suspected infections

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Ebola in Spain: 4 more hospitalized, 2 suspected infections



Health officials in Madrid say four more people are in the hospital on suspicion of contracting Ebola. The news comes a day after a nurse who treated two Ebola patients at a city hospital became infected with the disease.

source: http://rt.com/news/193820-ebola-spain-hospitalized-nurse/
 
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Dog of Ebola-stricken nurse put down despite thousands signing petition to save Exacalibur
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First posted: Wednesday, October 08, 2014 10:57 AM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, October 08, 2014 02:41 PM EDT
Ebola has killed more than 3,400 people in West Africa, but a petition signed by more than 326,000 people asked to save just one life — that of a dog that belonged to an infected Spanish nurse.
Authorities ordered the dog, named Excalibur, be put down for fear it could spread the disease, but a Change.org petition said the dog should be quarantined like the nurse's husband because it's "one of the family."
"If this woman were to die, the dog, which has accompanied them for so many years, would be an important emotional support for her husband," the petition says.
The petition collected all the signatures this week.
Conversely, a petition started in the summer asking authorities to fast-track drug and vaccine research for Ebola has 152,477 signatures.
Despite the petition, Excalibur was euthanized Wednesday, the Spanish group PACMA reported on Twitter.
Post by Asociacion Protectora Villa Pepa.
Below is the translated message posted by the husband of the nurse: (From El Pais)
“Hello, my name is Javier L. R. [surname supplied]. I am the husband of Teresa R. R. [surname supplied], the nursing assistant infected with Ebola for voluntarily treating the two infected patients who were repatriated to Spain.
I want to publicly condemn that a certain Zarco, who I think is the health chief for the Madrid region, has told me that they have to put down my dog, just like that, without further ado. He has asked for my consent, which I have categorically denied. He says that they will therefore request a judicial order to break into my house and destroy him.
Before going to the hospital I left him several buckets of water, the bath tub also full of water, and a 15kg bag of feed, so he had food and water. I also left the terrace open so he could do his business.
It seems unfair to me that because of their mistake, they want to solve this the quick way.
A dog will not pass anything on to another person, and the same goes the other way around.
If this problem worries them so much, I think other alternative solutions can be found, such as, for example, putting the dog in quarantine and observation, as they have done with me. Or maybe they will have to put me down, just in case.
But, of course, a dog is easier, it doesn’t matter as much.​
A Change.org petition wants the dog of an Ebola-stricken nurse to be quarantined like the nurse's husband because it's "one of the family." (Screengrab from the Change.org petition)

Dog of Ebola-stricken nurse put down despite thousands signing petition to save
 
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