BREAKING NEWS!!! :Spanish Nurse Is Declared Free of Ebola

MADRID — The Spanish auxiliary nurse who was the first person known to have contracted the Ebola virus outside Africa was declared free of the disease on Tuesday, after four consecutive tests for the virus in recent days came back negative, according to officials at the hospital where she has been treated since Oct. 7.

The nurse, María Teresa Romero Ramos, 44, was found to be infected after treating a Spanish missionary at the Carlos III hospital in Madrid who had returned from West Africa with the disease; he died Sept. 25. Ms. Romero and officials at the hospital have suggested that she may have become infected by touching her face with a glove while removing protective gear.

José Ramón Arribas, a hospital official, told reporters in Madrid on Tuesday that it was too early to say when Ms. Romero would be discharged.

Ms. Romero’s recovery will come as a significant relief for the Spanish authorities, who have been under pressure over their handling of Ebola. While Ms. Romero was treated, health care workers held protests outside the hospital and elsewhere, demanding the resignation of the country’s health minister, Ana Mato.

At the Carlos III hospital, Ms. Romero was treated with blood plasma taken from people who had survived Ebola and with an experimental drug, officials said, but more specific details about her treatment have not been released.

On Sunday, after Ms. Romero first tested negative, her husband, Javier Límon, said in a video that the couple would go to court to show that her case had been mishandled. Officials ordered about 15 people in Spain, including Mr. Límon, to be quarantined after Ms. Romero’s infection was discovered, but none have yet tested positive for Ebola.