A PATIENT is being tested for Ebola in an isolation ward at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro— a day after a Scottish aid worker was found to have the virus.

The patient was admitted to the hospital in Treliske last night and was placed in isolation in the Wheal Prosper ward.

A statement from Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust (RCHT) said: "A patient has been admitted to Royal Cornwall Hospital and is currently undergoing a series of tests - one of which is for Ebola.

"We do not expect the results to be known for at least 24 hours and in the meantime the patient is being looked after in isolation, following nationally agreed guidelines and protocols to protect the health of our staff and other patients.

"Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust has been following national guidance around Ebola and made plans in line with advice from Public Health England and NHS England."

A Scottish NHS worker who was diagnosed with Ebola after returning to Glasgow from working in Sierra Leone yesterday is being moved to a London hospital.

The woman, who is yet to be named, had been working for Save The Children at an Ebola treatment centre in Kerry Town. She arrived back in Scotland yesterday, after travelling via Casablanca and London Heathrow.

*Ebola is transmitted by direct contact with the bodily fluids – such as blood, vomit or faeces - of an infected person while they are showing symptoms. The risk of Ebola being passed from an individual before they developed symptoms is extremely low. 
 
Anyone worried about symptoms (such as fever, chills, muscle aches, headache, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, sore throat or rash) within 21 days of coming back from Guinea, Liberia or Sierra Leone should stay at home and immediately telephone 111 or 999 and explain they believe they have come into contact with someone with Ebola.