MANHATTAN — Two people examined for the Ebola virus at Bellevue Hospital were determined not to have the sickness, the New York City Health and Hospital Corporation tweeted Monday afternoon.
The unidentified patients, who had recently traveled to Africa, were taken to Bellevue Monday morning after showing symptoms similar to Ebola, the Daily News reported.
@BLC1969 Two patients there this morning were evaluated and it was quickly determined they did not have the virus.
— NYC Health&Hospitals (@HHCnyc) October 13, 2014Bellevue is the primary place in the city to treat Ebola patients. Staff have reportedly been trained on how to deal with patients showing symptoms of the virus.
A man was tested for Ebola at Mt. Sinai Hospital in August after traveling to West Africa and coming down with fever-like symptoms.
Doctors determined he did not have the virus.
"Because of the heightened alert, hospitals will be using enhanced scrutiny and an abundance of caution when reviewing questionable cases, and are meticulously following all public health and CDC protocols," a New York City Health Department spokeswoman said in a statement Monday.
