UK authorities, including UKHSA and Public Health Scotland, are coordinating with WHO and international partners to assess and manage risks, emphasizing that the risk to the UK remains low.

The UK Health Security Agency Returning Workers Scheme has been activated to monitor and protect individuals who may have traveled to affected areas for work.

Key Ebola symptoms usually appear 2 to 21 days after infection and include fever, fatigue, headache, muscle pain, sore throat, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and in severe cases bleeding.

Ebola is a rare, serious viral disease transmitted through close contact with bodily fluids or contaminated materials, with outbreaks historically in Africa and sporadic UK cases being extremely rare.

The Democratic Republic of Congo is experiencing a regional Ebola outbreak with hundreds of confirmed cases and deaths, and the WHO declared it a public health emergency of international concern.

If a patient were confirmed to have Ebola in the UK, it would be the first such case in over a decade since earlier outbreaks and responses.

A confirmed UK case would mark the first since the DRC outbreak was designated a public health emergency of international concern by WHO.

The patient was assessed, isolated, and the facility temporarily closed to others during testing and treatment.

A patient is being tested for suspected Ebola at Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital after admission in the early hours, with later reports indicating the test was negative.

Ebola is not airborne; transmission requires direct contact with infected bodily fluids or contaminated objects, and contagiousness typically begins after symptoms appear.

Public Health Scotland confirms there are no confirmed Ebola cases in Scotland at present and outlines procedures for assessing and testing travellers from affected areas, including contact tracing and precautionary testing where necessary.

Public Health Scotland later confirmed the Ebola test result as negative, with the patient initially presenting symptoms and being isolated as a precaution.