UPDATE: Ohio Department of Health has confirmed test results have come back NEGATIVE for a person tested for the Ebola virus in Columbus.
Which raises the question - why is taking Mt.Sinai 24-48 hours to test their Ebola-suspected patient?
Sickened Columbus, Ohio, woman who recently traveled to west Africa is being tested for Ebola as precaution, public health dept. says.
— ABC News (@ABC) August 5, 2014 [7]
Columbus Public Health confirms a person is undergoing testing and has been quarantined for the deadly Ebola virus.
CPH says the person recently traveled to West Africa, where an outbreak has left nearly 900 people dead.
A spokesperson says they’re working with the CDC to learn the preliminary results of those tests.
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Ebola, it would appear, is in the US. [9]
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Meanwhile the 2nd Ebola patient has arrived in Atlanta and is en route to Emory Hospital
UPDATE: Plane carrying 2nd evacuated American Ebola patient has landed in Georgia: http://t.co/UvQUfRW8nJ [11] pic.twitter.com/e6A8iAilAb [12]
— ABC News (@ABC) August 5, 2014 [13]
JUST IN: Plane carrying second American Ebola patient lands in Georgia http://t.co/EaG0eN1nba [14] pic.twitter.com/oGryxZ3OOe [15]
— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) August 5, 2014 [16]
Ambulance carrying #Ebola [17] patient just passed by Monroe. Dr.
WATCH: http://t.co/3kREFfEep1 [18] pic.twitter.com/80RHb5cmJC [19]— 11Alive News (@11AliveNews) August 5, 2014 [20]
CNN following ambulance carrying Ebola virus victims ..... How far as quality TV come pic.twitter.com/KkTjvnbN7w [21]
— Dave Sharpe (@whoRwarriors) August 5, 2014 [22]
Ambulance carrying 2nd American Ebola patient arrives at Emory in Atlanta for treatment. pic.twitter.com/dUq2alGpt6 [23]
— Kate Brumback (@katebrumback) August 5, 2014 [24]
#BREAKING [25]: 2nd U.S #Ebola [17] patient finally arrives at @emoryhealthcare [26] in #Atlanta [27] GA. #Ebola [17] #EbolaVirus [28] pic.twitter.com/behWeoIiVq [29]
— Thomas D Bradley (@ThomasDBradley) August 5, 2014 [30]
Nancy Writebol being taken into Emory Hospital: http://t.co/CEZ72C1Tt8 [31] pic.twitter.com/7VocpqJihI [32]
— WSB-TV (@wsbtv) August 5, 2014 [33]