21 Oct, 2015
Condition improves
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Mark Devlin2015-10-22 02:28:432015-10-22 02:28:43Condition improvesDoctors say Cafferkey has made a “significant improvement” and is recovering from meningitis caused by the Ebola virus. She is still bed-bound but is talking freely and able to eat a little.
I’m really pleased to tell you that in the last few days she has made a significant improvement.
Doctors say she had a “long recovery ahead of her” and will remain in hospital for some time.
16 Oct, 2015
Condition deteriorates
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Mark Devlin2015-10-16 16:33:342015-10-16 16:33:34Condition deteriorates
Doctors say Cafferkey is now in critical condition, and that she is suffering an “unusual late complication” of her previous infection. Health authorities have emphasised that the risk to the general public remains low. However, 58 people who had been in close contact with her are being monitored by Health Protection Scotland, 25 of them have been vaccinated.