ABC NewsA 5-year-old boy who returned home from Guinea Saturday is being tested for Ebola at New York City’s Bellevue Hospital, officials said today. Preliminary results will be available within the next 12 hours.
The boy was transported to Bellevue Hospital Sunday night because of his travel history and initial reports that he had a fever, but he actually had no symptoms when he first arrived at the hospital, officials said.
He developed a fever this morning, prompting the Ebola test, officials told ABC News.
The boy is in isolation, but is not under quarantine, the city’s health department said.
Meanwhile, Dr. Craig Spencer, who tested positive for Ebola Thursday, is in an isolation unit at the Manhattan hospital. After Spencer’s diagnosis, his fiancee remains under quarantine, along with two friends. None has shown symptoms of the virus.
Spencer has gastrointestinal symptoms, which health officials said were “anticipated.” He was described as awake and communicating.
He became the fourth person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the United States after he was hospitalized Thursday. He developed a fever that morning and alerted authorities, who transported the doctor from his Harlem apartment in a specially designated ambulance.
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The boy tested “Negative.”
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