First recorded case of the Ebola virus in New York city

The patient had arrived back in America after
working with Ebola patients in West Africa for
the charity Doctors Without Borders. He
arrived at John F. Kennedy International
airport on Oct. 17 and went through the
ramped-up screening for travelers from the
worst-hit West African countries,
officials said. But on Thursday, he developed
a 103-degree Fahrenheit (39.4 Celsius)
fever, nausea, pain and fatigue. He was
rushed to New York's Bellevue Hospital, a few
hours later, tests confirmed the worst: Spencer
has Ebola.
New York City health department detectives
are now tracing his movements and officials
stressed there was no cause for alarm in the
dense city of 8.4 million residents. His fiancée
and two friends, with whom he has been in
close contact, have been quarantined, New
York City health commissioner Mary Bassett
told a news conference. "We want to state at the outset, there is
no reason for New Yorkers to be
alarmed. Ebola is a very hard disease to
contract." Mayor Bill de Blasio said