Italian Ebola doctor improves further

(ANSA) - Rome, December 11 - The condition of the Italian doctor who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone has improved further, Rome's Spallanzani Institute for infectious diseases said on Thursday.
    The 50-year-old who was working for the medical aid charity Emergency in the West African nation does not have a fever, is breathing spontaneously and does not need ventilator support, the hospital said. He is also interacting positively with medical staff and answering questions, doctors added. On Wednesday the hospital announced that the doctor could breathe autonomously but stressed that it was not possible to say whether he was out of danger.