A US doctor based in New York who recently
returned from treating Ebola patients in
Guinea has become the first person in the
city to test positive for Ebola. 33 year old
Dr. Craig Allen Spencer had
been working with Doctors Without Borders
in Guinea, and returned to NYC on October
17th. He tested positive to the virus the
Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan New York
yesterday October 23rd.
He and three other people he had contact
with in recent days, including his girlfriend
have been placed in isolation at the Bellevue
hospital. He's officially the 4th person to
test positive on American soil. Many are alarmed at this new case due to
the population of the city but the New York
mayor while confirming the recent case said
New Yorkers have nothing to fear
"We want to state at the outset, there is no
reason for New Yorkers to be alarmed. Ebola
is a very hard disease to contract." Mayor
Bill de Blasio said.