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

Officials in the UK are currently investigating a POSSIBLE Ebola case.

A section of Colchester Hospital, Essex, was closed for the night so that staff could attend to an emergency. “infection control issue”.

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It is believed that the patient expressed concerns after experiencing viral symptoms and revealing recent travel history.

Ebola has gripped Uganda, resulting in 141 cases and 55 deaths from September 20.

Central Recorder was informed by a source that the urgent care centre at Essex Hospital was under lockdown due to the scare.

Officials at UK Health Security Agency claimed that routine testing for infectious diseases is done on returning passengers.

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’For patients who have symptoms of the virus, there is an average mortality rate of 50%.

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

Health officials stated at the time that there was no risk to the public.

Colchester Hospital spokeswoman, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, stated that the 24-hour emergency treatment centre was fully reopened at 7am today.

“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 spoke.

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

Both of them were able to recover after receiving treatment at specialist infectious-disease units. These are located at Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary and the Royal Free in London.

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 discovered in 1976, when it was found in two outbreaks: one in Nzara, South Sudan, and another in Yambuku in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The 2014-16 West African epidemic was the worst since 1976. It began in Guinea in March 2014, and spread across West Africa to Sierra Leone (Liberia) in April 2014.

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

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

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

The virus is a member of the Filoviridae, which also includes Marburg.

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.

Patients with the infection must be treated in isolation at intensive care.