A Spanish nurse who was the first person to catch Ebola outside Africa has been cured of the deadly virus according to definitive test results.
"The criteria set by the World Health Organisation for curing the Ebola virus have been fulfilled... She is now cured," Doctor Jose Ramon Arribas, head of the Carlos III hospital's infectious diseases unit, told a news conference.
Teresa Romero, 44, became the first person to contract the virus outside West Africa.
Meanwhile, the Irish Association for Emergency Medicine has said that it has serious safety concerns about the threat of Ebola.
It said overcrowding in hospital emergency departments, insufficient isolation facilities and the HSE's dependence on locum staff lacking specific training are causes for concern.
In a statement this morning, the association said it was not reassured by HSE and Department of Health claims of full preparedness because of current crowding in emergency departments, particularly in hospitals serving the main airports.
These include Beaumont Hospital in Dublin, University Hospital Limerick and Cork University Hospital.
The association represents consultants in emergency departments.
The largest outbreak of Ebola in history has killed more than 4,500 people since the beginning of the year, with most of the deaths coming in west Africa.
The World Health Organisation has said its emergency committee on Ebola will meet tomorrow to review the scope of the outbreak and whether additional measures are needed.
WHO spokeswoman Fadela Chaib said: "This is the third time this committee will meet since August to evaluate the situation.
"Much has happened, there have been cases in Spain and the United States, while Senegal and Nigeria have been removed from the list of countries affected by Ebola."
The 20 independent experts, who declared that the outbreak in west Africa constituted an international public health emergency on 8 August, can recommend travel and trade restrictions.
The committee has already recommended exit screening of passengers from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
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