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| Pauline Cafferkey was taken to hospital in Glasgow |
Scottish nurse Pauline
Cafferkey, who was rushed to hospital for a fourth time since her return from
Africa, is to remain in hospital for a second day.
Press Association report continues:
Ms
Cafferkey was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow under
police escort on Thursday morning where she underwent tests by the infectious
diseases team.
On
Thursday evening NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) released a statement
saying tests for the Ebola virus were negative and she remained in a stable
condition.
The
statement said: "Pauline Cafferkey was admitted to the Queen Elizabeth
University Hospital this morning under the care of the Infectious Diseases
Unit.
"Due
to Ms Cafferkey's past medical history, appropriate precautionary measures were
taken whilst further investigations were carried out.
"We
are pleased to report that tests for the Ebola virus are negative.
"She
remains in a stable condition in the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. We
want to repeat our previous reassurance that there is no risk to the public.
"We
will not be issuing further statements and would ask that Pauline's privacy and
right to medical confidentiality be respected."
The
nurse was infected with the Ebola virus while working in Sierra Leone as a
volunteer for Save The Children in 2014.
On
her return from West Africa at the end of that year, she was quickly struck
down and treated at the Royal Free Hospital in London.
Ms
Cafferkey was discharged in January 2015, with doctors saying she had
completely recovered and was not infectious in any way.
However,
she was readmitted to hospital twice - in October 2015 and February 2016 -
after suffering complications linked to the disease, at one stage falling
critically ill.
Last
month Ms Cafferkey was cleared of misconduct over her return to the UK with the
virus.
She
was accused by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of allowing an incorrect
temperature to be recorded in a ''chaotic'' screening centre in Heathrow on her
return from Sierra Leone in late 2014.
Ms
Cafferkey said she would never have knowingly put anyone in danger and an
independent panel found three charges against her were not proven and her
fitness to practice was not affected.
It
ruled her judgment at the airport in December 2014 had been so impaired by the
developing illness that she could not be found guilty of misconduct.
Speaking
outside the hearing in Edinburgh, Ms Cafferkey's lawyer said she was ''relieved
the process is at an end'' and stressed the nurse would have never knowingly
placed anyone in danger.
Joyce
Cullen said of her client: ''She willingly put her life at risk to travel to
Sierra Leone to work as a volunteer helping to treat people suffering from
Ebola.
''She
and hundreds of other volunteers played a vital role in saving lives, helping
to curb the epidemic in extremely challenging circumstances.''
During
the Ebola outbreak which swept Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, more than
28,000 cases were reported, resulting in over 11,000 deaths.
The World Health Organization
declared Sierra Leone Ebola-free in March this year.
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