A British
nurse who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone is back in hospital today after
falling ill with the deadly virus for a second time. Pauline Cafferkey, 39, was
flown from Glasgow back to the Royal Free Hospital in north London by the RAF
this morning, ten months after she first recovered from the illness.
The NHS nurse was wheeled from a jet at RAF Northolt by medics in hazard
suits on a bed surrounded by a protective bubble before police closed roads so
her ambulance could rush her to the nearby hospital.
She is said
to have developed an ‘unusual late complication’ as a result of the original
Ebola infection and tests have revealed that the virus is still lingering in
her body.
Miss
Cafferkey is now back in the isolation unit where she spent a month and became
critically ill after being diagnosed with Ebola last December.
Confirming
the relapse – and the seriousness of her condition – Health Secretary Jeremy
Hunt tweeted: ‘Thoughts with Pauline Cafferkey today as she battles Ebola for
the second time’
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