The condition of British nurse Pauline Cafferkey (picture) who was diagnosed with Ebola has deteriorated and is now critical, the Royal Free Hospital in north London said in a statement today.

Mrs Cafferkey, a Scottish public health nurse who had been volunteering in the stricken West African country, was diagnosed with the deadly virus after returning to Glasgow from Sierra Leone via Casablanca in Morocco.

A brief statement on the hospital’s website said: “The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is sorry to announce that the condition of Pauline Cafferkey has gradually deteriorated over the past two days and is now critical.”

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