- Scottish nurse is the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola on UK soil
- Her condition described as ‘quite stable’
- Urgent steps being taken to trace fellow passengers
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1/3 Def Sec: I wish to praise the professionalism of RAF’s C130 aircrew and NHS staff who transported the UK Ebola Virus patient to London.
2/3 Def Sec: This has again demonstrated the benefits and capability that the Armed Forces bring to the UK as a whole.
3/3 Def Sec: Our thoughts remain with the patient and their family at this time.
My colleague Lisa O’Carroll has sent through this useful explainer of the precautions that are taken at the unit where the Scottish nurse will be treated in London:
CMO Sally Davies: "important to be reassured that although an #Ebola case has been identified, the risk to the public continues to be low".
CMO is short for chief medical officer.
Royal Free 'cannot confirm' if it has again secured rare ZMapp drug used to treat first #Ebola case William Pooley http://t.co/ToCyrTSgAP
My colleague Rowena Mason, the Guardian’s political correspondent, sends this update on what Public Health England are saying:
The risk of Ebola spreading from the British nurse who fell ill with the virus in Glasgow is “extremely low” but further checks are being carried out as a precaution, a senior Public Health England official has said.
Professor Paul Cosford, the medical director of Public Health England, said the authorities are confident that the nurse has been successfully isolated and her clinical care is “going as expected”.
The Ebola of the Glasgow Health worker shows the courage of those serving in S Leone, we owe them thanks and respect, let us pray for her.
Appears health care workers who've been #Ebola nursing volunteers being tested in #Aberdeen and #Truro as Scottish patient arrives in London
Liberia’s government has issued a statement making the point that the diagnosis of the Scottish nurse with Ebola illustrates the importance of tackling the virus in West Africa.
Lewis Brown, the country’s minister of information, said:
The recent case of a Save the Children worker returning to the UK while infected with Ebola clearly shows the ongoing difficulties of containing the disease. We have every faith the UK will effectively isolate this single case. But this event demonstrates that Ebola respects no borders and that the international efforts to combat the disease across West Africa must be maintained - not only to make West Africa Ebola free, but keep countries like the United Kingdom protected as well.
A doctor from Newport has told the Shropshire Star that he was sitting next to the Scottish nurse who has been diagnosed with Ebola on the flight from Casablanca to Heathrow on Sunday night.
Dr Martin Deahl, 58, was also helping to tackle the virus in Sierra Leone, where Ebola has killed more 2,500 people (out of a total of more than 7,500 in West Africa) and infected more than 9,000 (out of a total of almost 20,000 in the region).
You can only catch Ebola if you come into contact with bodily fluids such as blood, spit or urine, which we were extra careful about not doing.
But I am absolutely fine. I am just so shocked and heartbroken to hear that anyone from our team has had this happen after such a difficult Christmas out there.
In this video clip, Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon says the risk to the public of contracting Ebola is extremely low.
The second person in Scotland who is being tested for Ebola is also a healthcare worker who has returned from West Africa. But Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon said there is a “low probability” that they have the disease. She told BBC radio:
Although this is another returning healthcare worker from West Africa, the patient here has had no, as far as we’re aware, direct contact with people infected with Ebola.
This patient over the course of today will be transferred for tests.
Separately, another patient is also being tested for Ebola at the the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Treliske, Truro, where they have been placed in isolation.
It is understood the patient, who attended the hospital this morning, recently returned from a country affected by an outbreak of the virus.
A patient has been admitted to Royal Cornwall Hospital and is currently undergoing a series of tests - one of which is for Ebola.
We do not expect the results to be known for at least 24 hours and in the meantime the patient is being looked after in isolation, following nationally agreed guidelines and protocols to protect the health of our staff and other patients.
First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon says a second patient is being tested for #Ebola after returning from West Africa
A Scottish nurse, who was the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola, on British soil, has been transferred from Gartnavel hospital in Glasgow to the Royal Free hospital in London.
She was diagnosed hours after arriving home from west Africa via a British Airways flight from Heathrow.
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