BBC NEWS UPDATE: The patient, who arrived from Sierra Leone on Sunday night, is in isolation at Glasgows Gartnavel Hospital. All possible contacts with the case are being investigated. The patient will be transferred to high level isolation in London as soon as possible. Sources told the BBC the Ebola case involved a female aid worker. NHS Scotland said infectious diseases procedures had been put into effect at the Brownlee Unit for Infectious Diseases at Gartnavel. The patient returned to Scotland from Sierra Leone late on Sunday 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. The number is: 08000 858531
Posted on: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 19:31:13 +0000
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