October 23, 2014
NYC reports first case of Ebola
NEW YORK, New York (AP) — A law enforcement official and a New York City official say a doctor who recently returned to the city after treating Ebola patients in West Africa has tested positive for the virus.
It’s the first confirmed case in the city.
The officials received notification of preliminary test results and told The Associated Press last evening, but weren’t authorised to discuss the case publicly before a news conference later in the night.
The doctor had been working in Guinea with the medical relief charity Doctors Without Borders.