Two patients rushed to the hospital by Hazmato suit emergency workers on Sunday due to suspected Ebola exposure at a Manhattan emergency care facility, but the infection could be norovirus, sources states.
According to law enforcement, the patient was transported from City MD by first responders on East 125th Street and Lexington Avenue.
Authorities feared Ebola infection as the patient had moved from Uganda and had symptoms consistent with the disease but had not confirmed its presence, sources added. Health officials later said the disease was likely norovirus because it spread rapidly among families.
They are It was Sources were taken to Bellevue Hospital for testing and further evaluation. City MD was restarted and the first responder was unable to use basic PPE equipment.
Ebola, spread through contact with infected or contaminated material fluids, manifests as a fatal hemorrhagic fever.
The symptoms include fever, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle pain, and sometimes external bleeding, and although the disease is not fatal, it is similar to norovirus bleeding.
