Two sick patients suspected to be infected with Ebola were taken from an Upper East Side urgent care to the hospital by first responders in hazmat suits Sunday morning, law enforcement sources told The Post.
The patients were transported from a City MD on East 125th Street and Lexington Avenue by first responders wearing hazmat suits, the sources said.
According to the sources, the patients are suspected to be infected with Ebola because they traveled from Uganda and had symptoms of the disease but there had been no tests to confirm the presence of the disease.
They have been taken to Bellevue Hospital for testing and further evaluation, the sources added.
The disease, which is spread through contact with bodily fluids of an infected person or contaminated materials, manifests as a deadly hemorrhagic fever.
Its symptoms include fever, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle pain, and at times internal and external bleeding.
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