Patient being tested for suspected Ebola virus at Glasgow hospital | Glasgow

A patient is being tested for the suspected Ebola virus at a hospital in Glasgow, the Press Association reports.

The patient is understood to have been taken to Queen Elizabeth university hospital in the early hours of Tuesday.

Tests are performed to confirm whether the individual has the disease.

A spokesperson for Public Health Scotland said there are currently “no confirmed cases” of Ebola in Scotland.

But he continued: “Public Health Scotland is working closely with the UKHSA to assess the routes by which travelers from affected countries can enter the UK.

“People arriving in the UK from affected areas are at low risk and the NHS has safe procedures in place to detect and manage such cases.

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

“Contact tracing will be carried out when necessary and contacts may be subject to clinical evaluation and precautionary testing.”

There are approximately 700 confirmed cases of bundibugyo Ebola virus, mostly in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

About 138 people died, including two in neighboring Uganda.

If confirmed, this would be the first case in the UK since the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo was declared an international public health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO).

The UK has pledged up to £21 million to support the local response to Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo and help protect frontline workers and vulnerable communities.