Nurse who has Ebola gives birth to twins

NOTPauline Cafferkey, who contracted the Ebola virus while working in the relief sector in Sierra Leone, gave birth to twins.

The 43-year-old from South Lanarkshire, two boys came to the world on Tuesday at a maternity hospital in Greater Glasgow.

She has now paid tribute to the NHS staff who helped her since she first contracted the virus in 2014.

Ms. Cafferkey said, "I would like to thank all the wonderful NHS employees who have helped me since my illness, in 2014, until the birth of my baby this week.

"This shows that there is a life after Ebola and that there is a future for those who have met this disease."

A spokeswoman for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said the mother and babies were "doing well".

Ms. Cafferkey contracted the virus in 2014 during the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. She spent almost a month in an isolation unit after being repatriated to her home.

The nurse survived the illness and was discharged from the hospital but was readmitted several times.

More than 11,000 people died of the disease in African countries between 2013 – when the epidemic apparently began – in Guinea – and 2016, with a handful of cases treated in the UK.