Breaking news: Ebola case confirmed in Glasgow hospital
A healthcare worker who has just returned from West
Africa has been diagnosed with Ebola and is being treated
in hospital in Glasgow.
The patient, who arrived from Sierra Leone on
Sunday night, is receiving treatment at Glasgow's
Gartnavel Hospital.
All possible contacts with the patient are now
being investigated.
Sources told the BBC the Ebola case involved a
female aid worker.
NHS Scotland said infectious diseases procedures
had been put into effect.
The patient has been isolated and is receiving
treatment in the specialist Brownlee Unit for
Infectious Diseases on the Gartnavel Hospital
campus.
They returned to Scotland from Sierra Leone late
on Sunday night via Casablanca and London
Heathrow, arriving into Glasgow Airport on a
British Airways flight at about 23:30.
While public health experts have emphasised that
the risks are negligible, a telephone helpline has
been set up for anyone who was on the Heathrow to
Glasgow flight last night. The number is: 08000
858531
The patient was admitted to hospital early in the
morning after feeling unwell and was placed into
isolation at 07.50.
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