NYC tries to ease Ebola fear after doctor infected
By The Associated Press
Posted 1:25PM on Friday, October 24, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) -- Mayor Bill de Blasio says a team of disease detectives tracking the movements of a New York City doctor diagnosed with Ebola will soon detail their findings.<br />
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Officials say the experts' findings will be released later Friday.<br />
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Health Commissioner Mary Bassett says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed the city's Ebola diagnosis for Dr. Craig Spencer.<br />
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She says he visited a restaurant, went to a bowling alley and jogged for three miles before being admitted to a hospital Thursday.<br />
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Spencer, who was diagnosed Thursday, is in isolation. He's in stable condition. (See earlier story. First link below.)<br />
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He sought treatment Thursday after measuring a 100.3-degree fever.<br />
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A company that handles Ebola decontamination was sent to Spencer's Harlem home.<br />
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City officials continued to temper fears and urge calm after Spencer's diagnosis. He had been treating people in West Africa.<br />
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Meanwhile, a nurse who caught Ebola while caring for the patient diagnosed in Dallas was released from a hospital Friday, free of the virus, and was to meet later in the day with President Barack Obama at the White House. (See second link below.)