The patient was taken to the hospital by paramedics, and the FDNY said a command post had been set up there with a hazmat and decontamination units.
The patient’s age and gender were not immediately clear and FDNY officials could not say where the patient was picked up.
Hospital officials said the person had recently returned from Guinea before falling ill. They said they will continue to evaluate the patient’s condition before testing for Ebola.
For the last year, Guinea, along with Liberia and Sierra Leone, have been experiencing the largest Ebola outbreak in history.
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