SCOTS nurse Pauline Cafferkey has been discharged from hospital, medics have confirmed.

Ms Cafferkey, 40, was flown from Glasgow to a London hospital last week for treatment for a "late complication" from the Ebola virus.

A statement from the hospital read: "Pauline Cafferkey has today (Sunday 28 February) been discharged from the care of the Royal Free Hospital following her admission due to a complication related to her previous infection by the Ebola virus.

"We can confirm that Pauline is not infectious. The Ebola virus can only be transmitted by direct contact with the blood or bodily fluids of an infected person while they are symptomatic."

Ms Cafferkey spent almost a month in an isolation unit at the Royal Free after being flown home from west Africa.

She was released after making a recovery, but she fell ill again in October last year and was again treated at the Royal Free for meningitis caused by Ebola.

At one point, the Scottish nurse was described as ''critically ill'' but she was discharged in November and transferred to Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital to continue her recovery, and later returned home.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said on Tuesday last week that Ms Cafferkey was in a stable condition at the city hospital after "routine monitoring" identified a problem. She was later flown to London.