New York Doctor Craig Spencer Infected With Ebola
New York City Doctor Craig Spencer who recently returned from treating Ebola patients in Guinea tested positive for the Ebola virus Thursday. He is the first person diagnosed in New York City.
The New York Times reported the following.
Doctor in New York City Tests Positive for Ebola – NYTimes.com
A doctor in New York City who recently returned from treating Ebola patients in Guinea tested positive for the Ebola virus Thursday, becoming the city’s first diagnosed case.The doctor, Craig Spencer, was rushed to Bellevue Hospital Center on Thursday and placed in isolation while health care workers spread out across the city to trace anyone he might have come into contact with in recent days. A further test will be conducted by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to confirm the initial test.
While officials have said they expected isolated cases of the disease to arrive in New York eventually, and had been preparing for this moment for months, the first case highlighted the challenges surrounding containment of the virus, especially in a crowded metropolis.
Doctor in New York City Tests Positive for Ebola – NYTimes.com
Even as the authorities worked to confirm that Mr. Spencer was infected with Ebola, it emerged that he traveled from Manhattan to Brooklyn on the subway on Wednesday night, when he went to a bowling alley, and then took a taxi home.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo held the news conference shown in the video above to calm fears of New Yorkers. They reiterated the Ebola is not easy to catch unless one comes in contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person.