Is Ebola coming back? A British
nurse who contracted Ebola in Sierre 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'
