Re: US - Woman with recent travel history to West Africa died of apparant heart attack in New York City; ebola testing out of "extreme caution"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-drops-dead-blood-coming-face-nose-mouth.html
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FDNY activated the Special Operations and Hazmat units after the the woman, who had traveled to
Guinea three weeks ago according to a source on the scene, died at Amy Professional African Hair Braidig in the Brownsville area of Brooklyn.
An
eyewitness who saw the body
said there was blood coming from her 'face, nose and mouth.
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The woman, who was born in Guinea according to the worker at the salon,
was not a health care worker, and therefore did not have to be under the 21-day home quarantine required of those individuals introduced by New York's Governor Cumo in October.
[...]
The
FDNY has claimed in was a 'clean scene,' with
no bodily fluids leaving the woman's body.
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'This individual at no time showed any symptoms of Ebola. However, due to travel history and an abundance of caution, an Ebola test will be performed on this individual's remains.
Test results are expected later tonight or early tomorrow morning.'
The New York City Health Department said that the last time the woman was checked, she did not have symptoms of Ebola.
