A doctor who recently returned to New York City after treating patients with Ebola in Guinea has tested positive for the disease. Three contacts of the man are under observation, reports GHN based on DW.
The man, named as 33-year-old Craig Spencer, returned to New York on October 17, having worked in Guinea with the charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF).
"Today testing confirmed that a patient here in New York City had tested positive for Ebola," New York Mayor Bill de Blasio told a press conference late on Thursday.
The man, complaining of gastrointestinal symptoms and exhibiting a temperature, was said to have been rushed from his home in Harlem by ambulance to New York's Bellevue Hospital.
Spence was said to have contacted both MSF and health officials, and was taken to hospital by medical staff wearing full Hazmat gear.

Although the man had visited pubic places before developing a fever, New York Health Commissioner Mary Travis Bassett said it was very unlikely he could have infected anyone.
"I think that the thing to make clear is that the first time this patient had fever was today (Thursday) and fever is a typical sign of a patient having contagious Ebola," said New York Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Travis Bassett.