A health clinic was put into lockdown overnight on Thursday after a potential case of Ebola was detected.
Colchester General Hospital's urgent treatment centre was temporarily closed to new patients early yesterday due to an "infection control issue" at the site, reports Essex Live.
While bosses have not yet confirmed what the infection that led to the closure was, concerns of a possible Ebola infection are understood to have been raised due to the patient's symptoms and recent travel history.