Scottish hospital ‘is locked down over fears patient may have Ebola’

A patient is being tested for suspected Ebola at Scotland’s superhospital.

Part of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow had to be locked down after the individual presented at the Acute Receiving Unit at around 6am today.

Reports say the patient had recently arrived back in the city after visiting an Ebola-affected country, and sought medical attention after they developed worrying symptoms.

It comes amid an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda that the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a public health emergency of international concern.

To minimise any potential risk to others, the unit of the QEUH was quickly

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