Ebola Kills Briton In Macedonia

Foreign Office (FCO) officials are investigating reports that a British national has died in Macedonia of suspected Ebola. If confirmed it would be the first death of a UK national from Ebola, although British nurse Will Pooley was cured of the deadly virus last month. The news came as Downing Street said enhanced screening for Ebola will be introduced at Heathrow and Gatwick Airports and Eurostar terminals following advice from the Chief Medical Officer. An FCO spokesman said: "We are aware of the reports and are urgently looking into them." Mr Pooley, from Suffolk, became the first Briton to contract the virus after working as a volunteer nurse in Sierra Leone, which is one of the worst-hit countries of the current outbreak. He was flown back to Britain on August 24 and recovered after being treated in an isolation unit at London's Royal Free Hospital. Meanwhile, new enhanced screening techniques will be introduced for passengers travelling from the main Ebola affected regions in west Africa - Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea - to give Britain an additional level of protection from the deadly virus.