What We Now Know about New York’s First Ebola Case
What We Now Know about New York’s First Ebola Case – New York City reported its first case of the deadly Ebola virus on Thursday, when a health care worker who volunteered in Guinea fell ill upon returning home in the US.
Dr. Craig Spencer, 32, is now in isolation at Bellevue Hospital. Spencer had traveled to Guinea with Doctors Without Borders, before returning to New York on Oct. 17. He went about his normal life in the city, even riding the subway, taking an Uber car and going bowling in the days before symptoms emerged. Officials have added a coffee cafe and a meatball restaurant to the list. He also went for a three-mile run along Riverside Drive, near his apartment.
A preliminary test on Thursday evening diagnosed Spencer with Ebola and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) followed up with a confirmation test on Friday. Spencer, in isolation, was in stable condition on Friday. Health and Hospitals Corp. President Dr. Ramanathan Raju said, Spencer was awake and speaking to family and friends on his cellphone.
According to the New York City Health Department, officials are tracking down all the patient’s contacts to identify those who may be at risk.
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