Earlier today, reports stated test results expected early this afternoon...sure sounds like they are buying time to score a plausible narrative.
"He had returned from a family trip to Guinea on Saturday night on a Moroccan Airlines flight which landed at JFK. He was screened but did not have a fever when he entered the U.S., CDC director, Dr Tom Frieden said on Monday. Five members of the child's family have been quarantined inside their apartment, law enforcement officials said, but told EMTs that they did not have contact with anyone infected with Ebola while in Guinea. Those under quarantine at the Bronx apartment are believed to be the boy's father, 52, a 15-year-old sister and two brothers, aged 13 and two years old, the Daily News reported. [snip]The boy's preliminary test results were expected later today, hospital officials said ."UKDailyMail
They had his test results hours ago and now they are getting their spin together.