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Pauline
Cafferkey thanked medical staff, who she said saved her life
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Ebola has been detected
in a Scottish nurse who first contracted the virus in December last year. Greater Glasgow health
board has confirmed that the virus is present in Pauline Cafferkey but said it
was left over from the original infection. It is not thought to be contagious.
The
39-year-old has been flown back to an isolation unit at the Royal Free Hospital
in London.
BBC report continues:
She
contracted the virus while helping to fight Ebola in Sierra Leone.
Ms
Cafferkey, who is from Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, spent almost a month in
an isolation unit at the Royal Free Hospital at the beginning of the year after
contracting the virus in December 2014.
There
is not yet any information about her condition, but government sources have
described her transfer to the specialist unit as a "highly precautionary
process".
Awards ceremony
They
have also said there are currently no significant risks to public health.
Ebola
is passed on through bodily fluids. It is not transmitted through casual
contact.
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Pauline
Cafferkey was transferred to London in an isolation tent by the RAF
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Last
week Ms Cafferkey was in London receiving an award at the Pride of Britain
ceremony.
Her
award recognized the risks aid workers took with their own health.
There
are not thought to be any concerns about contact she had with people at that
event but health officials in Scotland are focusing on who she saw since her
return home.
Ms
Cafferkey spoke to BBC News about the difficulties she had encountered in her
recovery.
She had experienced thyroid
problems and her hair had fallen out.
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