Bed-Stuy resident tests negative for Ebola
Remains in isolation at Bellevue
A man who returned from West Africa recently was rushed from his Bedford-Stuyvesant home on Thursday to Bellevue Hospital to be tested for Ebola.
Late Thursday, the New York City Department of Health announced that the man tested negative for the virus, but would remain in isolation until the negative results were confirmed.
“An individual who traveled to the United States from Mali, a country with limited Ebola transmission, was taken to HHC Bellevue Hospital Center today and an Ebola test was performed. The test result is negative. Patient will remain in isolation,” DOH said in a statement.