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Scottish government holds Ebola meeting | Scottish government holds Ebola meeting |
(about 7 hours later) | |
A special Ebola meeting to discuss how prepared Scotland is for the virus has been chaired by First Minister Alex Salmond. | |
The meeting was to ensure Scotland's NHS is able to "stand ready" should any cases of Ebola be confirmed. | |
Scotland's risk of Ebola is said to be very low. | Scotland's risk of Ebola is said to be very low. |
The meeting of the Scottish Government Resilience Committee also considered support for countries affected. | |
Health Secretary Alex Neil said Scotland has the expertise and facilities to ensure that any case of Ebola would be contained and isolated effectively. | Health Secretary Alex Neil said Scotland has the expertise and facilities to ensure that any case of Ebola would be contained and isolated effectively. |
Mr Neil said: "Ebola currently poses a very low risk to Scotland, and we have been working closely with Health Protection Scotland (HPS) to monitor this situation since the outbreak in West Africa began. | Mr Neil said: "Ebola currently poses a very low risk to Scotland, and we have been working closely with Health Protection Scotland (HPS) to monitor this situation since the outbreak in West Africa began. |
"It should be emphasised that, even if a case was diagnosed, we have the expertise and facilities to ensure that this would be contained and isolated effectively. | "It should be emphasised that, even if a case was diagnosed, we have the expertise and facilities to ensure that this would be contained and isolated effectively. |
"But it is right to ensure that we are both doing all we can to help in the countries affected and that Scotland's NHS stands ready should a case of Ebola be confirmed in Scotland. | "But it is right to ensure that we are both doing all we can to help in the countries affected and that Scotland's NHS stands ready should a case of Ebola be confirmed in Scotland. |
"The Scottish Government is working with other UK departments to ensure that appropriate border controls are in place and we have a co-ordinated response to this, continually evolving, situation. This is in line with advice and actions being introduced globally. | "The Scottish Government is working with other UK departments to ensure that appropriate border controls are in place and we have a co-ordinated response to this, continually evolving, situation. This is in line with advice and actions being introduced globally. |
"We have also provided £500,000 to the World Health Organisation to help combat spread of the disease in Africa." | "We have also provided £500,000 to the World Health Organisation to help combat spread of the disease in Africa." |
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