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Health chiefs have said the Ebola risk to the UK remains "very low" amid reports that a Briton who tested positive for the virus in Sierra Leone was being flown to Britain.
Some Sunday papers report government sources saying the person, who has not been named, was being assessed for possible transfer to the UK.
Isolation units have been set up at the Royal Free Hospital in north London.
More than 1,400 people have died from the virus in west Africa since March.
Prof John Watson, deputy chief medical officer for England, said: "The overall risk to the public in the UK continues to be very low.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28917244
Some Sunday papers report government sources saying the person, who has not been named, was being assessed for possible transfer to the UK.
Isolation units have been set up at the Royal Free Hospital in north London.
More than 1,400 people have died from the virus in west Africa since March.
Prof John Watson, deputy chief medical officer for England, said: "The overall risk to the public in the UK continues to be very low.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28917244