A Spanish priest who is thought to have been treated with an experimental drug to treat Ebola has died in hospital.The death of the 75 year old Miguel Pajares comes shortly after it was announced that two Liberian doctors will be given the serum called ZMapp. The World Health Organization says that 1,848 people have been infected and just over 1000 people have died from what has become the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history. CCTV’s Daniel Ryntjes reports
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