Ebola test negative

A patient at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary has tested negative for Ebola.

The individual was transferred to the hospital by the Scottish Ambulance Service today (30th December) after falling ill while visiting Torridon in the Scottish Highlands.

As a returning health care worker who had recently been in west Africa, they were tested for Ebola as a precaution, although they had not been in contact with anyone who had the disease. A blood sample was taken to the testing facility in Edinburgh and has been confirmed as negative for Ebola.