A 5-year-old boy is being observed for Ebola and is in isolation at New York’s Bellevue Hospital. The boy, whose name hasn’t been released, returned home from Guinea on Saturday and showed symptoms of the Ebola virus Sunday.
It is unclear when the child’s temperature spiked, but when he was transported from his Bronx home to the hospital Sunday, he had been vomiting and posted a temperature of 103 degrees. He is being treated for Ebola at Bellevue, but isn’t under quarantine.
Bellevue is the same hospital in which Dr. Craig Spencer is receiving treatment for Ebola and is in isolation. Spencer returned to New York after treating Ebola patients in Guinea through Doctors Without Borders. According to news reports, Spencer’s health is improving, but he remained in serious yet stable condition on Sunday.
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