Ebola Outbreak 2014: News & Updates, Liberia Declares State of Emergency; Infected Patient Returns to Spain

The Ebola virus is far from being contained according to reports. A person who became infected has returned to Spain. 

The latest totals show that 932 people have died, and well over 1,500 people have become infected in regions of West Africa. In Nigeria, new cases of Ebola have been discovered, according to reports.  While two American patients continue to recover at Atlanta's Emory University Hospital, a Spanish priest who contracted Ebola in Liberia has been flown back to Spain.

Miguel Pajaras, 75, was taken to Carlos III hospital. He was flown to Madrid, along with a nun with whom he worked. The nun, Juliana Bohi isn't thought to be infected. According to theGuardian.com some in the medical community in Spain are concerned about the safety of the other hospitals there.

"Initial examinations showed Pajares to be in stable condition," according to Rafael Pérez-Santamarina, the director of Madrid's La Paz hospital.

The city's regional government health chief, Francisco Javier Rodríguez, said Pajares was not bleeding and "seemed not to be at an advanced stage of the illness," reports the Guardian.

The Guardian goes on to explain how the Spanish man may have contracted the virus:

"Pajares was one of three missionaries to test positive for the virus at the San José de Monrovia hospital in Liberia. The three were part of a larger group which had been helping to treat people infected with Ebola as part of their work with the San Juan de Dios order, a Catholic humanitarian organisation that runs hospitals around the world." the Guardian reported.

Also, the country of Liberia has declared a state of emergency. "President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf declared a state of emergency late Wednesday and said some civil rights may have to be suspended temporarily as a result of the crisis," according to CBS news.

"Ignorance and poverty, as well as entrenched religious and cultural practices, continue to exacerbate the spread of the disease," she said in a televised address to the nation.