An Ebola NYC patient has been diagnosed just this Thursday and authorities say that he is a doctor in New York City who recently traveled to Guinea to treat Ebola patients there.
The Ebola NYC patient was identified as Dr. Craig Spencer, who was admitted to Bellevue Hospital Center after testing positive for the deadly virus.
Doctor Spencer has since been put in isolation but health care professionals have already launched a movement to trace anyone and everyone who may have come in contact with the first ever Ebola NYC patient.
According to the New York Times, after testing positive for the initial test, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be confirming whether Dr. Spencer is indeed infected with the fatal microorganism.
Fortunately, medical professionals have been preparing and anticipating the arrival of an Ebola infected case in New York City for months now since officials have said that they are expecting for the disease to arrive in the Big Apple eventually.
Since this is considered as the city's first diagnosed case, the challenge falls mainly on the containment of the virus especially in a crowded metropolis.
The danger of infecting a large number of people is being feared as of late since authorities found out that doctor Spencer apparently traveled from Manhattan to Brooklyn using the subway on Wednesday night.
It was also found out that he visited a bowling alley since he arrived from Guinea and that he rode a taxi afterwards.
Following his Wednesday evening exploits, the Ebola NYC patient reportedly have a temperature of 103 degrees, raising suspicion that he may have already manifested the symptoms while he was out in public.
Authorities say that people who have the virus can only spread it once they manifest the symptoms. The viral load in their body fluids is said to increase when symptoms start to appear, making them even more contagious.
While health care professionals are currently tracking people who may have come in close contact with Dr. Spencer since he arrived, his apartment in Harlem on West 147th Street has been sealed off and workers have distributed fliers about Ebola virus to the public.
It isn't clear whether other people are being quarantined aside from Dr. Spencer. But Mayor de Blasio insisted that only a few people were in direct contact with the first Ebola NYC patient.
"Our understanding is that very few people were in direct contact with him," Mayor de Blasio said.
The city has cautioned that "the chances of the average New Yorker contracting Ebola are extremely slim," Business Insider has learned.
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