A Scottish hospital has reportedly been locked down over fears a patient has Ebola.

Part of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow was urgently sealed off at around 6am this morning after receiving a patient suspected to have the virus.

The person arrived back in Glasgow from an affected Ebola country and presented themselves at the hospital’s Acute Receiving Unit, The National reports.

A source told the newspaper: ‘The person came to the Acute Receiving Unit, where people are sent by their GP or the health board’s 101 number to avoid having to present at accident and emergency. This was quickly shut down and sealed off from the rest of the hospital.

‘The person was assessed there and then taken elsewhere in the hospital. I believe they were put into confinement while the tests to establish if they have Ebola or something else are carried out.’

Central Africa is currently grappling with an Ebola outbreak, with parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda affected.

A spokesperson for Public Health Scotland (PHS) said: ‘Public Health Scotland is working closely with UKHSA to assess routes by which travellers may enter the UK from affected countries.

‘The risk from people arriving in the UK from affected areas is low and the NHS has safe procedures in place for detecting and managing any such cases.

Part of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (pictured) was locked down over fears a patient has Ebola

‘PHS and NHS boards across Scotland have well established protocols for assessing and testing travellers arriving in the UK from areas affected by Ebola where necessary.

‘Where required, contact tracing will occur and contacts may undergo clinical assessment and precautionary testing.

‘The UKHSA Returning Workers Scheme (RWS) which aims to protect and monitor the health of those who may travel from the UK to affected areas for their work, has been activated.

‘Organisations deploying workers to affected areas where they may be exposed to Ebola through their work, should register those workers with the scheme.’ 

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