Ebola ‘no threat’ to Irish people

Irish people are not facing “any immediate threat or danger” from ebola, despite one confirmed case of the lethal virus and two people undergoing checks in Britain in the past 24 hours.

Health Minister Leo Varadkar moved to assure the public anyone involved in the incidents has not travelled to this country, amid heightened fears over the illness which has killed more than 7,500 people this year.

Speaking after a public health nurse returning to Glasgow from Sierra Leone was confirmed to be carrying the virus, and two other people in Scotland and Cornwall were also being checked, Mr Varadkar said the risk to Ireland remains low.