A patient is being tested for suspected Ebola virus at a Glasgow hospital.
It is understood they were admitted to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in the early hours of Tuesday.
Tests are currently being carried out to confirm whether the individual has contracted the disease.
If confirmed it would be the first case in the UK since a recent outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo was declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization (WHO).
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