SAD NEWS: Ebola Enters New York (see details here)

A New York hospital has placed a patient in strict isolation after Ebola-like symptoms were observed following a recent trip to West Africa.
Local media said the male patient came to Mount Sinai Hospital suffering from high fever and gastrointestinal symptoms.
The patient had recently been in a country where the deadly virus has been reported, according to US ABC's local Eyewitness News.
In a statement the hospital said the patient was undergoing medical screening to find out if he was suffering from the deadly virus.
A blood sample was being sent Monday to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, where it will take 24 to 48 hours to determine if he has the disease, officials said.
The patient presented at Mount Sinai Hospital with a high fever and gastrointestinal problems, officials said. Authorities wouldn't identify the man or the country he had been to and the reasons for his visit.
Officials said the man was isolated from the rest of the hospital within seven minutes after he entered.
A hospital spokeswoman said: "All necessary steps are being taken to ensure the safety of all patients, visitors and staff."
This came as the US announced plans to send at least 50 public health experts to West Africa in the next 30 days to help fight the worst-ever outbreak of Ebola.
A senior US health official said the outbreak was out of control, but insisted it could be stopped.
Announcing the measures, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Thomas Frieden, stated: "We do know how to stop Ebola. It's old-fashioned, plain and simple public health: find the patients, make sure they get treated, find their contacts, track them, educate people, do infection control in hospitals.
"The single most important thing we can do to protect Americans is to stop this disease at the source in Africa," he said.

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