Tests were carried out to ascertain whether the patient had contracted the disease

Part of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow was sealed off after the person presented at the Acute Receiving Unit at around 6am on Tuesday morning.

A Glasgow hospital has been partially locked down over fears a patient has contracted Ebola.

The person presented at Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital's Acute Receiving Unit around 6am on Tuesday with Ebola symptoms, and the facility in Scotland was quickly…

Patient reported to have been admitted to the Queen Elizabeth university hospital in the early hours of Tuesday

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Tests were carried out to ascertain whether the patient had contracted the disease

If confirmed, the suspected infection in Glasgow, Scotland would be the first Ebola case the UK has seen during the current DRC outbreak.