NHS staff and family of Congo fever victim being checked for the rare tropical disease

• By Dailyrecord.co.uk
• 7 Oct 2012 00:01  

THE 38-year-old man was diagnosed with the infectious diseaase after arriving into Glasgow Airport on connecting flight from Dubai. 
NHS staff and the family of a man who contracted Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever are being monitored after he died in hospital yesterday.
The 38-year-old, who has not been named, was diagnosed with the rare tropical disease after returning to Glasgow from Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday.
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Health chiefs last night said that four of the man’s family and three NHS employees – who came into close contact with him – were being monitored for signs of the disease amid fears they may have contracted the virus.