Spanish nursing auxiliary with Ebola remains "Critical but Stable"

Teresa Herrera, the Spanish nursing auxiliary infected with the Ebola virus remains in a "critical but stable" condition in the Carlos III Hospital in Madrid.

The 44-year-old, who is the first person outside of Africa to be infected by the virus is reported to have made a slight improvement since her condition deteriorated on Thursday and is conscious and can converse with medical staff who are treating her.

She entered the Carlos III Hospital on Oct. 6, although she first developed symptoms of the disease in September. The nursing auxiliary is undergoing treatment with a variety of methods including ZMapp, which has provided some positive results in Ebola patients treated in the United States, and a serum made up from the blood of a survivor of the virus.

Meanwhile, 16 further people remain under observation in the Carlos III Hospital, one less than on Saturday after a nurse who treated Spanish missionaries Miguel Pajares and Manuel Garcia Viejo (both of whom died of Ebola) in the hospital, was allowed to leave after tests indicates negative infection.

Saturday saw the conclusions of the visit to Spain of the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) to Madrid. The three day visit saw the ECDC conclude that although the protective suits health workers wore in Spain fitted in with current protocols (which have since been tightened by the government), the Carlos III Hospital, "is not designed to cover this kind of emergencies."

Saturday evening also saw hundreds of people protest against the handling of the case by the Spanish government with demonstrations outside the offices of the ruling People's Party (PP) and in the Puerta del Sol in Madrid.

Demonstrators, including a high percentage of health workers, marched under the banner, "We are all Teresa," demanding the resignation of Health Minister, Ana Mato and Javier Rodriguez, the Chief of the Health Service in the Madrid Regional Government. Enditem