The Spanish nurse who has contracted Ebola only found out she had the virus when she read about herself online.
Theresa Romero, 40, has told Spanish media that she did not tell doctors she had been in contact with Ebola and although she was suspicious of how the doctors behaved in her company but she only discovered she was infected with the deadly virus when she read news reports on her smartphone.
The 40-year-old told Spanish TV station Cuatro she did not consider she might have ebola until the last moment.
She said: "I found out on my mobile phone. I felt something was up because to begin with the doctors and nurses in Alcorcon were coming in and out every hour and then they start to come in less often.
"Then I was listening to them behind the door and I suspected something, then the last time they came in white suits.
"I asked my doctor for my result and they weren't very clear with me and then I really suspected it.
"I got my mobile and I read on El Pais that they'd said I had two positive tests for ebola. But no-one had told me."
Romero had come into contact with Manuel Garcia Viejo – a Spanish missionary who eventually died from the disease. She entered Viejo’s room twice, once to change his incontinence pad and then once more after he had died. Romero has told Spanish media she has no idea how she was infected and followed all precautions.
Three others are also quarantined at the Carlos III hospital in Madrid, including the woman’s husband. The man made a video plea to authorities to not euthanize the couple’s dog, Excalibur, but unconfirmed reports claim the dog has been put down today.
Roughly 50 others who came into contact with Ms. Romero are being monitored by authorities.
Hundreds of people have died from the virus in Sierra Leone, according to the World Health Organisation, and the total number of dead had risen to 3,879 by October.
The virus has swept through Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Nigeria.
In Britain, David Cameron chaired an emergency meeting as four hospitals stand by to handle any UK cases.
The US has ordered security agents at airports and other entry ports to screen arriving travellers for signs of the disease.
Texas ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan - the first to be diagnosed with the disease in the US - died at the Texas Presbyterian Hospital on Wednesday, officials said.
The UN, meanwhile, has said one of its medical officials in Liberia has tested positive for ebola and is receiving treatment.
The unnamed official is the second member of their mission to contract the virus - the other died on 25 September.
