New York 'fully prepared' to handle Ebola case

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New York 'fully prepared' to handle Ebola case

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/first-ebola-case-hits-york-report-011453401.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8tY220jDBjMOB.GJkJ8tag--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/Part-WAS-Was8874586-1-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Hazmat crews unload barrels to take into the apartment building of Dr. Craig Spencer, a member of Doctors Without Borders, October 24, 2014 in New York" align="left" title="Hazmat crews unload barrels to take into the apartment building of Dr. Craig Spencer, a member of Doctors Without Borders, October 24, 2014 in New York" border="0" /></a>New York's mayor said Friday that the city's health system is fully equipped to handle Ebola after a doctor who had been infected in West Africa was hospitalised in America's largest city. Doctor Craig Spencer, 33, was in stable condition in isolation at Bellevue Hospital Center after testing positive for the illness, which has killed nearly 4,900 people in West Africa. He was rushed to the hospital with fever and gastrointestinal symptoms on Thursday, a week after returning from treating Ebola patients in Guinea with the charity group Doctors Without Borders. &quot;There is no cause for alarm,&quot; Mayor Bill de Blasio told a news conference.</p><br clear="all"/>

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