Nurse becomes first Ebola victim diagnosed in Britain

LONDON, (Reuters) – A health worker who has become the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in Britain was being treated at a London hospital yesterday after contracting the disease in West Africa.

The woman arrived from Scotland at the Royal Free hospital, Britain’s designated Ebola treatment centre, in an ambulance accompanied by police vehicles, a Reuters witness said. “The latest update we have on the condition of the patient is that she is doing as well as can be expected in the circumstances,” Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said.