A hospital ward in Glasgow has been partially closed following a suspected Ebola virus case, according to local reporting.

The patient arrived at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital’s Acute Receiving Unit during the early hours of Tuesday, and tests are now being carried out to determine whether the person has Ebola. Officials say the situation is being managed using standard infection-prevention procedures.

Public Health Scotland said there are currently no confirmed Ebola cases in Scotland and that the risk to the general public remains low. The health authority also said established protocols are in place for assessing and testing travellers arriving from areas affected by Ebola, and that contact tracing and precautionary clinical assessment would be carried out where required.

The UK Health Security Agency’s Returning Workers Scheme has been activated in response to the outbreak, to protect and monitor people who may travel from the UK to affected areas for work and potentially be exposed.

If confirmed, it would be the first Ebola case detected in Scotland since 2016, when nurse Pauline Cafferkey was treated at the country’s largest hospital after an illness linked to working in an Ebola treatment centre abroad.

At present, the Ebola outbreak being addressed is in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with neighbouring countries also affected.