Four people suspected of having Ebola in Spain have tested negative in a first round of tests.

Two of four new patients suspected of being infected with Ebola in Spain have tested negative in a first round of tests, authorities have said.

Four people with fever considered at risk for ebola were being tested in Spain yesterday for the virus, including one who arrived on an Air France jet that was isolated at Madrid’s airport as a precaution, officials said.

Three people who are feared to have contracted Ebola are being tested in Spain for the virus, including one who arrived on an Air France jet that was isolated at Madrid’s airport as a precaution.

The threat of an ebola outbreak is growing everyday. 

Three more people are under observation in a Madrid hospital, boosting the number currently being monitored for Ebola symptoms to 16.

A Madrid nurse infected with ebola fought for her life last night as across the world authorities tightened screening of travellers and contain public panic over the spread of contagion.

The Health Minister Leo Varadkar has insisted the chance of Ebola reaching Ireland remains very low.

The Spanish nursing assistant infected with Ebola is “stable”, hospital officials said, hours after authorities described her condition as critical.

Macedonia has confirmed it is checking for the ebola virus in a British man who died within hours of being admitted to hospital in the capital Skopje yesterday.

The health minister and the country’s chief medical officer will appear before a Dáil committee next week to outline the Government’s level of preparedness in the event of an ebola outbreak here. 

Health officials in Australia have confirmed a 57-year-old woman is being tested for Ebola after returning to the country from Sierra Leone.

The Government’s emergency task force has met amid fears that the killer ebola virus could sweep across the EU and spread to Ireland.

The first person diagnosed with ebola in the US died yesterday as the government ordered five airports to screen passengers from West Africa for fever.

Spanish health officials are investigating whether a nursing assistant infected with Ebola got the disease after she touched her face with protective gloves after leaving the quarantine room where a victim was being treated.