A member of the Heriot-Watt University community in Edinburgh is undergoing tests for the coronavirus.
Those at the university have confirmed that a person is currently being tested for the deadly virus, named Covid-19 by experts this week.
In a statement on social media earlier this evening, they said: "A member of our university community at the Edinburgh campus is undergoing tests for the coronavirus. We are taking extra care to ensure the safety of the individual and the entire campus community. As soon as the results are known we will communicate again."
It has been reported by our sister title the Daily Record that the person being tested is a male.
The university is being kept open as normal, and everyone in the Heriot-Watt community is being offered advice and support.
More than 140 people have so far been tested for the coronavirus in Scotland, with all coming back negative.
The virus was declared a serious and imminent threat to the UK by health secretary Matt Hancock earlier this week. He said in a statement: "In accordance with Regulation 3, the Secretary of State declares that the incidence or transmission of novel Coronavirus constitutes a serious and imminent threat to public health."
