Two patients at a Manhattan urgent-care facility were rushed to the hospital by emergency workers in hazmat suits during a suspected Ebola exposure on Sunday (February 16), the New York Post reports.
The patients were transported to Bellevue Hospital from a City MD on East 125h Street and Lexington Avenue as officials feared they had Ebola infections after traveling from Uganda and having symptoms consistent with the disease, however, tests have not yet confirmed its presence and the infection may be norovirus as it spread quickly between family members, officials confirmed. The patients were taken for testing and further evaluation, the sources said.
The City MD was reopened shortly after the patients were evacuated from the facility and first responders were approved to work with basic PPE equipment. Ebola virus disease is defined as “a rare but severe illness in humans” that “is often fatal” as it can be spread by the patient touching “infected animals when preparing, cooking or eating them, body fluids of an infected person” or “things that have the body fluid of an infected person,” according to the World Health Organization.
Ebola commonly enters the patient’s body through cuts in the skin or when they touch someone’s eyes, nose or mouth with early symptoms including fever, fatigue and headache.
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