Ebola alert at Birmingham airport as man tested for deadly virus

The Government is "acting early" to make sure the UK is safe from the threat of the Ebola virus, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has said.

He is chairing a meeting of the Cobra emergency committee today to look at what measures can be put in place, although he said there was no need for "serious concern" at the moment.

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International development organisation Plan International says the outbreak of the Ebola virus is a "health crisis with global dimensions".

Dr Unni Krishnan, the body's head of disaster preparedness and response, said: "The arrival of Ebola in the most populous city in Africa is a wake-up call."

The latest outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus has been described as a "potentially major threat" to Britain.

That's according to Sir Mark Walport, the Government's chief scientific adviser who said it was because of the increasingly "interconnected" nature of the world.

Earlier this week a man was tested for the deadly virus after flying into Birmingham Airport from Nigeria.

An official from the Department of Health confirmed the man had been given the all clear.

Read: Ebola alert at Birmingham airport as man tested for deadly virus

A man has been tested for the deadly virus Ebola after flying into Birmingham Airport from Nigeria.

He was taken to hospital by ambulance on Monday ( 28th July) as a precautionary measure after complaining of feeling feverish when leaving the plane which had travelled from Benin via Paris.

An official from the Department of Health confirmed the man had been given the all clear.