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Ebola nyc patient Craig Spencer is the first case of the ebola virus reaching the big apple. Craig Spencer contracted the virus after he had gone to Guinea to help out in the treatment of patients diagnosed with the virus in the West African state.
Craig Spencer, the ebola nyc patient who is the first case of the disease in New York has been admitted at New York's Bellevue Hospital Center. Bellevue is one of the eight hospitals in New York designated to treat ebola patients.
Craig finished his work in Guinea on the 8th of October 2014. He left the country through Brussels airline two days later. Craig arrived at the John F. Kennedy International Airport on October 17. Then he was exhibiting no symptoms of the virus. Ebola is spread through body contact with the fluids of an infected person when the person is showing symptoms.
The ebola nyc patient who works at the Columbian Presbyterian hospital was on a scheduled routine medical checkup that meant he would be checking on his temperature twice a day. He had not seen any patients ever since he returned.
Later on after his return, 33 year old Craig elicited worrying symptoms. He had a fever, nausea, fatigue and general body pain. On Thursday morning, his body temperature went up to 38 degrees Celcius.
Spencer was in contact with very few people since he arrived back from Guinea. He interacted with only three people: his fiancée and his two friends. All have been quarantined and are currently being monitored daily.
His outdoor activities have also been reported. Craig Spencer went for a 3 mile jog on Wednesday. He visited a bowling alley on the same day. The symptoms had not developed yet. The bowling alley has since been closed for cleaning and sanitation. It poses no threat of the ebola virus spreading through it.
Craig becomes the fourth diagnosed case of ebola in the United States. We wish the ebola nyc patient the quickest of recoveries.
