Ms. Cafferkey was admitted to the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, London, last week and discharged Sunday.
“We can confirm that Pauline is not infectious. The Ebola virus can only be transmitted by direct contact with the blood or bodily fluids of an infected person while they are symptomatic,” the hospital said, affirming that the public should not be concerned about the spread of the virus due to the nurse’s latest complication.
Ms. Cafferkey contracted the virus while working for the Save the Children center in Sierra Leone. After making what appeared to be a full recovery, she was released. Later she became critically ill with meningitis that had been triggered by the traces of the Ebola virus lingering in her nervous system. She spent more than a month in the hospital and nearly died. This time she was only admitted for five days, which suggests the complication did not manifest into a serious condition.
With this string of complications, it’s become evident that Ebola does not immediately clear from all corners of the body in patients after recovery.
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