Two people tested for Ebola virus in Britain, Hong Kong, Britain on high alert

The Ebola virus fear has spread beyond Africa. A report from China says that a woman is being treated for 'Ebola-like' symptoms at the Queen Elizabeth's Hospital in Hong Kong after recently returning from a trip to Africa. According to a China Daily report, she has been quarantined and a test is being carried out to establish if it was the case of the killer disease.

In the same vein Doctors say they are paying extra scrutiny to patients arriving from Africa with ‘feverish’ symptoms after a man was tested for the deadly Ebola virus in Birmingham.

The Mail Online reported that a man was taken to hospital in the city after complaining of fever while on a flight from West Africa. Reports say he had been travelling from Nigeria via Paris, France when he became sick on Monday. After a series of tests, he was cleared free of the virus, but fears remained that the disease, which had already  killed more than to 670 in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, could spread to the UK.

Another 20-year-old man in Charing Cross Hospital, London gave health authorities a scare when he presented similar symptoms to the virus, but Ebola was quickly ruled out.

Health departments across the country have therefore been placed on Ebola alert.

UK’s foreign secretary, Philip Hammond in an interview with the BBC said that the British government was viewing the outbreak “very seriously”. He however confirmed that no Briton had been affected. He said the government would also explore "whether there are precautions we need to take - either in the UK or to protect our nationals in the area abroad".