Ebola virus disease in Spain had become unwell and on 6 October tested positive for Ebola at her local hospital in Alcorcón, the Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón. A second test confirmed the diagnosis, making this the first confirmed case of Ebola transmission outside Africa. Following testing, she was transferred to the Hospital Carlos III in Madrid for treatment. As of October 7, 50 contacts were being monitored, with 7 kept in isolation at the Hospital Carlos III, and an investigation was under way. On 7 October, Madrid's regional government got a court order to euthanize Romero's pet dog, Excalibur, concerned that it posed a risk
Ebola virus disease to be the Ebola species responsible for the outbreak. In 2003 an outbreak in the Republic of the Congo infected 143 and killed 128, a 90% death rate, the highest of a genus "Ebolavirus" outbreak to date. In 2004 a Russian scientist died from Ebola after sticking herself with an infected needle. Between April and August 2007, a fever epidemic in a four-village region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo was confirmed in September to have been cases of Ebola. Many people who attended the recent funeral of a local village chief died. The 2007 outbreak eventually infected 264