They said on Friday that a doctor, who recently returned from volunteering in West Africa was being treated in a New York City hospital early Friday after he tested positive for the Ebola virus in the first confirmed case in the city. Also, Mali health ministry on Friday in Bamako confirmed a case of Ebola virus in a two-year-old girl. US authorities said the 33-year-old American doctor, identified as Craig Spencer, was taken to an isolation ward at Bellevue Hospital Center for treatment after suffering a fever and exhibiting gastrointestinal symptoms characteristic of Ebola. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said the city had acted quickly as it was as ready as one could be for such circumstance. Bill de-Blasio, New York City Mayor, said there was no reason for New Yorkers to be alarmed, stressing that necessary precaution had been taken. He said Spencer, who was treating Ebola patients in Guinea with the medical organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres, arrived in New York last Friday and did not exhibit any symptoms until Thursday morning. de-Blasio said the three people, who had contact with the doctor, including his fianceé, would be monitored for 21 days for symptoms.
“While the Ebola patient had ridden the subway, taken a taxi and even visited a bowling alley since his return to New York, he was taken straight to the hospital once he began exhibiting symptoms, which is when Ebola becomes contagious,’’ he said. In Bamako, the ministry said this was coming weeks after Mali had been cleared of the disease.It said the girl, who had arrived from neighbouring Guinea, was taken to a hospital in the western city of Kayes with possible symptoms on Wednesday, and was confirmed to have Ebola the following day. The ministry said the people who had contact with the girl had been identified and authorities were taking necessary measures.
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