Air France passenger suspected of having Ebola
An Air France aircraft is being disinfected at Madrid airport after a passenger on a flight from Lagos in Nigeria started showing symptoms of the Ebola virus.
The other 163 passengers disembarked at Barajas International Airport, where emergency measures were activated after authorities were told one person onboard had started shaking during the flight.
The aircraft is being disinfected and the return flight has been cancelled.
Spain’s health ministry confirmed that an Ebola emergency protocol had been set in motion but declined to give details, said the Daily Mail.
Spain’s government has stepped up its response to suspected Ebola after a nurse in Madrid became the first person in Europe to become infected with the deadly virus.
Teresa Romero, was diagnosed with Ebola last week and is still seriously ill but stable. She had cared for two infected Catholic priests repatriated from West Africa, who later died.
Spanish authorities said that a person who had been in contact with Ms Romero and was being monitored remotely for signs of the disease would be hospitalised after developing a fever.
Another 15 people, including Romero’s husband, are still under observation for signs of Ebola in Madrid’s Carlos III hospital where she is also being treated, but have shown no symptoms.
Linsey McNeill
Editor Linsey McNeill has been writing about travel for more than three decades. Bylines include The Times, Telegraph, Observer, Guardian and Which? plus the South China Morning Post. She also shares insider tips on thetraveljournalist.co.uk
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