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 The spokeswoman declined to say when Pajares, who was airlifted from
Liberia on August 7 after contracting the disease while working for
a non-governmental organization in the African country, had died.
The priest was being treated in the Carlos III hospital, where he
had been in quarantine since his return from Africa.
The Health Ministry said he was being treated with the experimental
drug ZMapp, manufactured by U.S. company Mapp Biopharmaceutical. Two
U.S. aid workers infected by the disease have shown some signs of
improvements since being given the drug.
Pajares was repatriated with co-worker Juliana Bohi, a nun who has
tested negative for Ebola.
(Reporting by Teresa Larraz, writing by Paul Day; Editing by Julien
Toyer and Janet Lawrence)
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