Healthcare worker tests positive for Ebola in New York

Craig Spencer, 33, was treating Ebola patients in Guinea with Doctors Without Borders

Ebola virus
IANS New York
Last Updated : Oct 24 2014 | 11:05 AM IST

A healthcare worker in New York, who had returned form Guinea last week, has tested positive for Ebola, media reports said.

Craig Spencer, 33, was treating Ebola patients in Guinea with Doctors Without Borders, Xinhua reported.

He has become the fourth person diagnosed with Ebola in the US -- and the first to be diagnosed outside Texas.

He had a fever and showed gastrointestinal symptoms and was rushed to Bellevue Hospital Center Thursday.

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First Published: Oct 24 2014 | 9:48 AM IST

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