The United Kingdom notified the World Health Organisation (WHO) of their first Ebola virus disease case on Tuesday.
The Scottish nurse diagnosed with the deadly disease, has arrived in Glasgow from West Africa via British Airlines flight from Heathrow. She has been treated in the isolation area and was later transported on a quarantine tent in a military plane along with healthcare workers all suited up with personal protective equipment bounded for the Royal Free Hospital in London.
An official statement of the hospital was posted on their website stating, "The Royal Free London can confirm that it is expecting to receive a patient who has tested positive for Ebola. The patient will be treated in the high level isolation unit (HLIU)."
The Scottish first minister and its previous health secretary Nicola Sturgeon stated that searching passengers with the disease has been "a very much of a precautionary measure." The healthcare worker, who had been believed to have carried the disease has been cleared in Sierra Leone and in Heathrow.
However, the healthcare worker felt feverish and was admitted to Gartnavel Hospital, Monday morning at 7:50am, after arriving the city on Sunday. She has been a volunteer of Save the Children in Sierra Leone for a month helping the fight against the disease.
"We can confirm that an NHS health worker working with Save the Children at the Ebola treatment centre at Kerry Town, Sierra Leone, has tested positive for Ebola. Our thoughts are with the individual, their family and colleagues at this difficult time. We wish them a speedy recovery. Save the Children is working closely with the UK government, Scottish government and Public Health England to look into the circumstances surrounding the case," said by the director of Save the Children, Michael von Bertele.
Meanwhile, passengers of the British Airways flight from Heathrow to Glasgow, along with the healthcare worker diagnosed, are being tracked by the Health Protection Scotland and Public Health of England.