Scotland was dealing with the first Ebola case in Great Britain this year when a nurse was diagnosed with the disease after returning from West Africa and treating patients there.
The nurse has been described as "clinically stable" with a "good prognosis,"
the Washington Post reported. The nurse was admitted to Gartnavel General Hospital in Glasgow on Monday morning after she determined she had a fever.
"All possible contacts with the patient are now being investigated and anyone deemed to be at risk will be contacted and closely monitored,"
the Scottish government said in a statement.
"However, having been diagnosed in the very early stages of the illness, the risk to others is considered extremely low. (Scotland) First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has chaired a meeting of the Scottish Government Resilience Committee to ensure all necessary steps are being taken, and has also spoken to Prime Minister David Cameron," said the statement.
The Guardian reported that the nurse was working since Nov. 23 at a hospital in Kerry Town in Sierra Leone, which was being run by Save the Children.
"We can confirm that an NHS health worker working with Save the Children at the Ebola treatment center at Kerry Town, Sierra Leone, has tested positive for Ebola," said Michael von Bertele, the Save the Children humanitarian director, per The Guardian.
"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," von Bertele's added.
Sturgeon told BBC News that the Ebola risk to the general public is very low but passengers who took the same flight as the nurse from West Africa to Scotland will be traced.
"Apart from other passengers on the flights and obviously the hospital staff since this patient's admittance to hospital, she, the patient, is thought to have had contact with only one other person in Scotland since returning to Scotland last night and that person will also be contacted and given appropriate reassurance," said Sturgeon.
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