Public Health Scotland (PHS) said it was aware that an individual in Scotland was tested for Ebola as a “precautionary measure”.
A spokesperson added: “The test result has now been received and is negative.”
PHS said that, together with other NHS health organisations, it had “well established protocols for assessing and testing travellers arriving in the UK from areas affected by Ebola”.
These include contact tracing, clinical assessment and precautionary testing.
PHS confirmed the UKHSA Returning Workers Scheme (RWS), external, which aims to protect and monitor the health of those who may travel from the UK to affected areas for their work, had been activated after it was made aware of the suspected case.
The spokesperson said organisations deploying workers to affected areas where they may be exposed to Ebola through their work should register them with the scheme.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde earlier said there were no ward closures at the QEUH and it confirmed patients and visitors were not being advised to stay away.
Unlike flu or Covid, Ebola is not an airborne virus so is not spread simply by being near an infected person.
