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Patient being tested for Ebola virus at Glasgow hospital
Patient reported to have been admitted to the Queen Elizabeth university hospital in the early hours of Tuesday
TL;DR
- A patient is being tested for Ebola virus at a Glasgow hospital.
- The patient was admitted to the Queen Elizabeth university hospital.
- Public Health Scotland confirms no current confirmed cases of Ebola in Scotland.
- Health authorities are working with UKHSA to monitor travellers from affected countries.
- The current outbreak has seen almost 700 cases and 138 deaths, mainly in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
- The UK has pledged £21m to support the Ebola response in DRC.