It was in late September that a Spanish priest arrived in Madrid after contracting ebola in Sierra Leone.
He died within days.
Now, a nurse who treated him has also become infected.
Spanish Health Minister Ana Mato
(SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) SPANISH HEALTH MINISTER, ANA MATO, SAYING:
"We are working with Madrid's regional health system, the experts that are here with me now, are here in order to find formulas to treat the patient in the best possible way and to avoid any type of risk to the population and for the members of the team who are treating her. That is our main objective today."
The deadly Ebola epidemic has killed more than 3,400 people since it began in West Africa in March. It has now started to spread faster, infecting almost 7,200 people so far.
