Ebola case confirmed in Glasgow hospital

[maureenho]

[annie]

let's hope they have it contained

[Rosalind]

That must be very frighteningly for everyone concerned.

[maureenho]

Ebola: UK screening procedures to be reviewed

Procedures for screening health workers returning to the UK after treating Ebola patients will be reviewed after an infected nurse flew from London to Glasgow despite raising concerns.

Pauline Cafferkey told officials at Heathrow she felt unwell but was allowed to continue her journey. She was diagnosed in hospital the next day.

Another passenger on her flight said screening had been "chaotic".

The chief medical officer said the case raised questions over precautions.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30640262

[maureenho]

UK Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey 'in critical condition'

Passengers traced

Ms Cafferkey, a public health nurse, had travelled home from Sierra Leone via Casablanca, Morocco, and London's Heathrow Airport.

She was screened for the disease at Heathrow where she told officials she believed a fever might be developing.

Her temperature was taken seven times in total, six of which were within 30 minutes, and was normal each time, so she was allowed to fly home to Scotland.

The government's chief medical officer, Dame Sally Davies, has said questions have been raised about the airport screening procedure for Ebola following Ms Cafferkey's case.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30666265

[JaneJ]

This is how an epidemic spreads in a country.

It is so worrying when you hear these reports

[Misspears]

It is frightening thinking of the nurse hope she makes a full recovery