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October 8, 2014 Vol. 7 No. 76
Ebola In Spain Health workers attend a protest outside La Paz Hospital calling for Spain’s Health Minister Ana Mato
Four people including nurse hospitalized in Madrid, chance Ebola will reach France by end of October By Desert Star Weekly Health officials in Madrid say three 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. One has tested negative. The nurse is now being
treated with a drip using antibodies from those previously infected with the virus, Reuters reports. Approximately 22 people who have been in contact with the woman, dubbed by media the “Spanish Ebola nurse,” have been identified and are being monitored, Madrid health officials told reporters Tuesday.
The officials added that the hospitalized include the nurse’s husband, another health worker and a traveler who had spent time in one of the affected West African countries. One of the hospitalized - the female health worker- was reported to have tested negative for Ebola late on Tuesday, according to a Reuters health source in Spain. She had
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displayed only one potential symptom - diarrhea - but was not running a fever. Spain’s Public Health director, Mercedes Vinuesa, told parliament that authorities were compiling a list of everyone who had come in contact with the nurse so that they could be monitored, AP reports. Vinuesa said Spain had
Sophia Darby recently checked aboard USS Makin Island (LHD 8) By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Corwin Colbert, USS Makin Island Public Affairs ARABIAN GULF - Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Fuels) 3rd Class Sophia Darby is a native of Riverside, California and graduated from Jurupa Valley High School in 2001. She has been in the Navy for two and a half years and recently checked aboard USS Makin Island (LHD 8) this spring. There are many reasons she enjoys being in the Navy, including the many unique
experiences she encounters. “I like traveling,” said Darby who recently visited Hong Kong and Singapore. “The Navy also taught me how to interact with people from everywhere. I get to meet people from all over the country on the ship.” Graduating from Arizona State College with a Business Administration degree, Darby is taking on a new challenge as she ventures off into the world of naval aviation. “I like the fact that my job is a challenge. The Navy is adventurous and hands-on,”
she laughed. “The technical aspect is something else I am learning to do. Coming into the Navy, I didn’t have a lot of mechanical skills.” The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) are deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. For more news from USS Makin Island (LHD 8), visit www. navy.mil/local/lhd8/.
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several treatments available and was employing them Monday. The unidentified nurse is reportedly in stable condition. The 44-year-old woman is the first known person to have become infected with Ebola outside of Africa during the current outbreak. Other Continues on Page 2