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Ebola case confirmed in Glasgow
The person was admitted to the hospital about eight hours later after showing symptoms of the virus.
A health care worker who returned to Glasgow from Sierra Leone on a British Airways flight less than 24 hours ago has Ebola, Scottish officials confirmed on Monday.
The patient, who was working with Ebola victims in West Africa, took a flight from Sierra Leone late Sunday night via Casablanca, Morocco and London Heathrow, arriving into Glasgow Airport on a British Airways plane around 11:30 pm local time.
The person was admitted to the hospital about eight hours later after showing symptoms of the virus.
Authorities have activated the country's infectious disease procedures and is currently working to contact every person the Ebola-infected patient came in contact with during transit. However, officials said the patient was diagnosed in the very early stages of the illness, and the risk to others is considered extremely low.
The patient will soon be transferred to a high-level isolation unit in London's Royal Free hospital.
