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Officials Urge Calm After First Ebola Case Diagnosed In NYC

NPR
Published October 24, 2014 at 12:06 PM EDT
A health alert is displayed at the entrance to Bellevue Hospital October 23, 2014, in New York City. After returning to New York City from Guinea where he was working with Doctors Without Borders treating Ebola patients, Dr. Craig Spencer was quarantined after showing symptoms consistent with the virus. Spencer was taken to Bellevue hospital to undergo testing. (Bryan Thomas/Getty Images)
A health alert is displayed at the entrance to Bellevue Hospital October 23, 2014, in New York City. After returning to New York City from Guinea where he was working with Doctors Without Borders treating Ebola patients, Dr. Craig Spencer was quarantined after showing symptoms consistent with the virus. Spencer was taken to Bellevue hospital to undergo testing. (Bryan Thomas/Getty Images)

A doctor in New York City was diagnosed with Ebola last night. Dr. Craig Spencer came down with a 100.3 fever and diarrhea days after spending time in Guinea treating Ebola patients.

Dr. Spencer is being treated in an isolation unit at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, a designated Ebola center.

Bloomberg News’ Shannon Pettypiece tells Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson how officials are handling the situation and what New Yorkers are saying.

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