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Scottish nurse out of hospital and free from Ebola

Scottish nurse, Pauline Cafferkey, who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone has made a complete recovery and been discharged from hospital.

Ms Cafferkey is now free of the virus after more than three weeks in hospital, where she was critically ill for a time.

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Public Health England reviewing Ebola screening tests

Pauline Cafferkey is being treated for Ebola at the Royal Free Hospital. Credit: Jonathan Brady/PA

Officials from Public Health England and Health Protection Scotland are reviewing the UK's screening procedures for Ebola.

The review comes after it emerged nurse Pauline Cafferkey, who is being treated in a London hospital for the illness, had been cleared to fly from London to Glasgow despite her temperature being checked seven times after she landed at Heathrow.

Ms Cafferkey was admitted to an isolation facility at Glasgow's Gartnavel Hospital on 29th December.

After a blood sample tested positive for Ebola, she was transferred by military plane to the Royal Free Hospital the following day. Her condition deteriorated in the new year and remains critical.

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