MADRID — The Spanish government is preparing to repatriate
a priest who has been diagnosed with the Ebola virus after
working in Sierra Leone.
In a statement Saturday, the Ministry of Health says Brother
Manuel Garcia Viejo, medical director of the San Juan de Dios
Hospital in the city of Lunsar, has tested positive for the
deadly virus and has expressed his desire to be transferred
back to Spain.
Spanish officials were still finalizing the details of his
transport.
He is the second Spanish missionary to catch Ebola. Father
Miguel Pajares, 75, was flown back to Spain from Liberia and
treated with the experimental Ebola medicine ZMapp but died
on Aug. 12.
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