Posted on 10/13/2014 10:21:15 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda
Pair of possible Ebola patients quarantined at New York City’s Bellevue Hospital: sources EMS crews who dealt with the patients have also been isolated as a precaution, sources said. If confirmed, the two would be the first cases in the city of a deadly disease that has already killed 4,000 people in West Africa and claimed one victim in the U.S. BY GINGER ADAMS OTIS , EDGAR SANDOVAL , CORKY SIEMASZKO
Two people with symptoms similar to the Ebola virus were taken by Fire Department ambulances to a Manhattan hospital, sources said Monday.
Both patients were picked up at a New York City address and both are believed to have recently returned to the city from Africa, the sources said.
The two — both believed to be adults — have been quarantined at Bellevue Hospital.
EMS crews who dealt with the patients have also been isolated as a precaution, the sources said.
If confirmed, they would be the first cases in the city of a deadly disease that has already killed 4,000 people in West Africa and claimed one victim in the U.S.
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