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Two More Patients in Britain Tested for Ebola Virus Ebola Patient Is Moved to London, and 2 Others Are Tested in Britain
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LONDON — A health worker diagnosed with Ebola in Scotland was transferred on Tuesday to Britain’s designated treatment center for the disease in London, and the authorities reported that two more people were being tested for the virus. LONDON — A health worker with Ebola in Scotland was transferred on Tuesday to Britain’s designated treatment center for the disease in London, and the authorities reported that two more people were being tested for the virus.
The patient in the confirmed case in Scotland had returned to Glasgow on Sunday after working with a children’s charity in Sierra Leone. The British authorities are trying to contact people who were on the same flights as the woman as she returned to Scotland from Casablanca, Morocco, via Heathrow Airport near London.The patient in the confirmed case in Scotland had returned to Glasgow on Sunday after working with a children’s charity in Sierra Leone. The British authorities are trying to contact people who were on the same flights as the woman as she returned to Scotland from Casablanca, Morocco, via Heathrow Airport near London.
She was flown back to London on Tuesday aboard a plane equipped with a quarantine tent. The health authorities said she would be treated at the Royal Free Hospital in North London, where William Pooley, Britain’s first known Ebola patient, was treated and cured after contracting the disease in Sierra Leone. She was flown back to London on Tuesday aboard a plane equipped with a quarantine tent. The health authorities said she would be treated at the Royal Free Hospital in North London, where William Pooley, Britain’s first known Ebola patient, was treated and recovered after contracting the disease in Sierra Leone.
The woman in the most recent confirmed case, who has not been publicly identified by name, is the first person known to have been diagnosed with Ebola in Britain. The health authorities described her condition on Tuesday as stable. She had been isolated in an infectious diseases unit at Gartnavel General Hospital in Glasgow after she reported feeling unwell on Monday. The woman in the most recent confirmed case, who has not been publicly identified by name, is the first person known to have learned she had Ebola while in Britain. The health authorities described her condition on Tuesday as stable. She had been isolated in an infectious diseases unit at Gartnavel General Hospital in Glasgow after she reported feeling unwell on Monday.
Separately on Tuesday, hundreds of miles apart in Scotland and in southwest England, the authorities said that two more people who had recently been in West Africa were being tested for Ebola.Separately on Tuesday, hundreds of miles apart in Scotland and in southwest England, the authorities said that two more people who had recently been in West Africa were being tested for Ebola.
Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s first minister, said the second patient in Scotland was a health worker who had recently returned from that region. She told BBC Radio that there was a “low probability” that the health worker had the disease, which has claimed thousands of lives in West Africa. Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s first minister, said the second patient in Scotland was a health worker who had recently returned from that region. She told BBC Radio that there was a “low probability” that the health worker had the disease, which has killed thousands in West Africa.
“Although this is another returning health care worker from West Africa, the patient here has had no, as far as we’re aware, direct contact with people infected with Ebola,” Ms. Sturgeon said.“Although this is another returning health care worker from West Africa, the patient here has had no, as far as we’re aware, direct contact with people infected with Ebola,” Ms. Sturgeon said.
“But we are operating, given the seriousness of Ebola, on a highly precautionary basis, and that’s why this patient over the course of today will be transferred for tests,” she said.“But we are operating, given the seriousness of Ebola, on a highly precautionary basis, and that’s why this patient over the course of today will be transferred for tests,” she said.
In southwest England, a patient was isolated at the Royal Cornwall hospital in the city of Truro “and is currently undergoing a series of tests, one of which is for Ebola,” the health authorities said in a statement. In southwest England, a patient was isolated at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro “and is currently undergoing a series of tests, one of which is for Ebola,” the health authorities said in a statement.
“We do not expect the results to be known for at least 24 hours,” the statement said.“We do not expect the results to be known for at least 24 hours,” the statement said.