in the fancy apartment that you talk about all the time. do you know my apartment right now is around the corner from bellevue where the ebola patient is? i kid you not. we have changed our opinion on your apartment now. coming up in the mix, combining your favorite ingredients from doughnut bacon cheeseburger to make one treat. you ll hate this actually. you ll need a workout to burn off those calories. how about a trampoline routine. the ups and downs later on world news now. announcer: world news now weather brought to you by united health care. we do? i took the trash out. i know. and thank you so much for that. i think we should get a medicare supplement insurance plan. right now? [ male announcer ] whether you re new to medicare or not,
department says a team of disease detectives immediately began to actively trace all of the patient s contacts to identify anyone who may be at potential risk. the patient is now in isolation. the health department has a team of disease detectives who have been at work tracing all of the patient s contacts, and we are prepared to quarantine contacts as necessary. reporter: in recent days, bellevue hospital has been holding drills in case a possible ebola patient comes through their door. those plans going into motion. it took only a few hours to determine that spencer did, indeed, test positive for ebola. linsey davis, abc news, new york. this is what we know about dr. spencer s past few days. he left guinea october 14th, stopped in brussels before arriving in new york on the 17th. he sticks to guidelines checking his temperature twice a day. this past tuesday he feels tired. wednesday, spencer takes the subway to brooklyn to a bowling alley and hops in a cab back home.
this is world news now. good friday morning to you all. i m t.j. holmes. i m reena ninan. we begin with the newest ebola patient. ebola has made its way to new york city. a doctor in the city fresh from a trip to west africa where he was treating patients is now confirmed he s stricken with the virus. a federal ebola s.w.a.t. team was dispatched to manhattan. that doctor now in isolation as health officials scramble to retrace his steps. lana zak is joining us with the latest. reporter: good morning. many are concerned this young doctor went bowling, even rode on the new york public subways. the question now is, when did he become contagious? here in new york, the words no one wanted to hear. today, testing confirmed that a patient here in new york city had tested positive for ebola. reporter: inside bellevue hospital, 33-year-old dr. craig spencer who had been in guinea
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department says a team of disease detectives immediately began to actively trace all of the patient s contacts to identify anyone who may be at potential risk. the patient is now in isolation. the health department has a team of disease detectives who have been at work tracing all of the patient s contacts and we are prepared to quarantine contacts as necessary. reporter: in recent days, bellevue hospital has been holding drills in case a possible ebola patient comes through their door. those plans going into motion. reporter: it took only a few hours to determine that spencer did, indeed, test positive for ebola. linsey davis, abc news, new york. this is what we know about dr. spencer s past few days. he left guinea october 14th, stopped in brussels before arriving in new york on the 17th. he sticks to guidelines checking his temperature twice a day. this past tuesday he feels tired. wednesday, spencer takes the subway to brooklyn to a bowling alley and hops in a cab back home