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CDC Sends Emergency Response Team For NYC Ebola Case

PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- The Centers for Disease Control has sent three members of its Ebola response team to Bellevue Hospital to provide support after a doctor tested positive for the virus on Thursday night. 

The CDC sent members of its Ebola response team to New York City to help assist with the first confirmed case in the state.

The CDC sent members of its Ebola response team to New York City to help assist with the first confirmed case in the state.

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Joe Jenkins

In addition, CDC already had a team of Ebola experts in New York City who can offer immediate additional support. The CDC experts were in New York City this week assessing hospital readiness to receive Ebola patients, including Bellevue hospital.

New York City and New York State have designated Bellevue as an Ebola treatment hospital. The CDC team, which had completed its assessment of Bellevue, found the facility to be well prepared to care for a patient with Ebola.

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