After a hospital clinic was ‘locked down,’ UK health officials are now investigating a possible case of Ebola.

Health officials in the UK are investigating a possible case of Ebola.

The Colchester Hospital in Essex closed its doors overnight to allow staff to deal with an urgent case. “infection control issue”.

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After developing symptoms of viral illness and sharing their travel history, the patient raised concerns.

Ebola has gripped Uganda, resulting in 141 deaths and 55 cases of illness since September 20th.

Central Recorder was told by a source that the emergency department at the Essex hospital was locked down due to the scare.

Central Recorder was informed by officials from the UK Health Security Agency that routine testing for infectious diseases is done on returning travelers.

The patient is currently being tested to determine if there are any viral haemorrhagic symptoms. Results will be available in the coming days.

Dr Meera Chaud, UKHSA director, clinical and emerging infections, stated: “Individuals who have travelled recently and report illness are routinely assessed by NHS clinicians for a variety of infectious diseases.”

Following the outbreak in Uganda, the UK Health Security Agency, (UKHSA), called last month for all medical personnel to be on-site ‘high alert’Patients who show signs of the virus can be hospitalized. The average death rate is 50 percent.

According to the World Health Organization, symptoms include diarrhoea and vomiting, fever, muscle pain, headaches, diarrhoea and sore throat.

Officials from the health department stated that the public risk was low at the time of the warning.

Colchester Hospital was reopened today by a spokeswoman of the East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

“Thank you to all patients and staff for their support this afternoon when we had to temporarily close an area in the urgent care centre to deal with an infection control issue,”She said.

Ebola has never been reported in the UK. However, in 2014, there were two West African Ebola patients treated in the UK.

Both were treated at specialist infectious diseases units at the Royal Free Hospital in London and Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary.

Rare, but deadly bug

Ebola is a rare, but serious disease that can be fatal. The death rates for Ebola have varied from 25 percent to 90 percent in past outbreaks.

It’s transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads via contact with infected bodily fluids, including blood, faeces, semen and vomit.

Ebola was first detected in 1976 during two outbreaks in Nzara (South Sudan), and Yambuku (Democratic Republic of Congo, then Zaire).

The 2014-16 West Africa outbreak was the most severe since 1976. It started in Guinea in March 2014, and spread across land borders to Sierra Leone (Liberia) and Liberia.

In Nigeria, the USA, UK, Spain, Italy and Italy were reported cases.

There were 28,616 cases suspected, probable, or confirmed in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. There were also 11,310 deaths.

Ebola virus is a viral infection that affects humans and primates.

This virus is part the Filoviridae Family, which also includes Marburg virus.

It was first identified in the vicinity of the River Ebola. This gave the disease its name.

Currently, the Zaire strain of the virus is the only vaccine available. They have been used to manage outbreaks in Guinean and Democratic Republic of the Congo.

There is no currently approved treatment or vaccine for the condition in the UK.

In intensive care, patients with the infection are kept in isolation.