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 epidemic in Liberia 2014, Liberia confirmed its first two cases of Ebola virus disease in Foya, Lofa County. By 23 April thirty-four cases and six deaths from Ebola in Liberia were recorded. By 17 June sixteen people had succumbed to the disease in the country. The initial cases were thought to be malaria, an extremely common disease in Liberia, and thus leading to doctors being infected with the Ebola virus. By 17 June the first deaths occurred in Monrovia from Ebola when seven patients died from the disease. Among them were a nurse along with other members of her household. At the time