Two-time survivor of Ebola virus gives birth to twins

A nurse who fought the Ebola virus twice after contracting it in Sierra Leone hosted twins around the world.

Pauline Cafferkey, 43, of South Lanarkshire, gave birth to her "two extraordinary boys" Tuesday in a maternity unit in Greater Glasgow.

Their father, Robert Softley Gale, announced the arrival of babies, named Rafe and Dante, on social media.

Rafe was born at 10:05, weighing 5 kg and Dante was born at 10:08, weighing 5lbs and 8oz.

Pauline 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 staff who have helped me since my illness in 2014 until I had my babies 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 while she was working in the aid sector in Sierra Leone 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.