--- description: The nurse had helped treat another Ebola patient title: Ebola: Spain Confirms First Transmission Outside of Africa image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta88aed4d8b004c84/6986a741d0b6f24539306844/spain-nurse-ebola.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Health](/section/health/) ## Health Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [ebola](/tag/ebola/) ## ebola Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Spain Confirms First Ebola Transmission Outside of Africa  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 6, 2014 10:56 PM CUT  An ambulance transporting a Spanish nurse who is believed to have contracted the ebola virus from a 69-year-old Spanish priest leaves Alcorcon Hospital in Madrid on Oct. 7, 2014. An ambulance transporting a Spanish nurse who is believed to have contracted the ebola virus from a 69-year-old Spanish priest leaves Alcorcon Hospital in Madrid on Oct. 7, 2014.Andres Kudacki—AP  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 6, 2014 10:56 PM CUT **Updated Oct. 7 9:17a.m ET** A nurse in Spain who treated two Ebola victims has [tested positive for the virus](http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2014/10/06/spanish-health-care-worker-contracts-ebola-in-first-transmission-case-outside-of-africa/ "undefined"), becoming the first known person to have contracted the disease outside of Africa, Spanish Health Minister Ana Mato announced Monday. The woman had worked as a part of the medical team that treated Spanish priest Manuel García Viejo, who died of the virus in September, the Washington _Post_ reports. She began feeling ill last week and went to a hospital on Sunday, though Mato said she is in stable condition and her only symptom thus far has been a fever. Two tests confirmed the Ebola diagnosis. Authorities said Tuesday that three people had been put in quarantine, the Associated Press reports, including the nurse’s husband and a colleague who also treated Viejo. Over 50 others were being monitored for having possible contact with the nurse. \[[_Washington Post_](http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2014/10/06/spanish-health-care-worker-contracts-ebola-in-first-transmission-case-outside-of-africa/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3476419/spain-ebola/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3476419/spain-ebola/"},"headline":"Spain Confirms First Ebola Transmission Outside of Africa","datePublished":"2014-10-06T22:56:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:37:29.970Z","description":"Two tests confirmed the Ebola diagnosis","url":"https://time.com/3476419/spain-ebola/","keywords":["ebola","Spain","Infectious Disease"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta88aed4d8b004c84/6986a741d0b6f24539306844/spain-nurse-ebola.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta88aed4d8b004c84/6986a741d0b6f24539306844/spain-nurse-ebola.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Spain Ebola","caption":"Spain Ebola","creditText":"Andres Kudacki—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/ebola/","name":"ebola"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3476419/spain-ebola/","name":"Spain Confirms First Ebola Transmission Outside of Africa"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Watch One Man’s Story of Surviving Ebola","description":"Watch One Man’s Story of Surviving Ebola","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/XfeUoCr9/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-10-03T18:55:32.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/XfeUoCr9.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3476419/spain-ebola/","duration":"PT1M32S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3476419/spain-ebola/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```