Teh One Who Knocks
11-19-2014, 12:05 PM
By Chris Spargo for MailOnline
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There are new fears of a possible Ebola outbreak in New York City after a woman who was being monitored for the deadly virus dropped dead on Tuesday afternoon.
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.'
A worker at Amy Professional African Hair Braidig said they were still open for business on Tuesday evening despite this incident.
'Everything is business as normal,' a male worker, who asked to not be identified, told MailOnline.
The same man said the woman, believed to be in her early forties, was visiting the owner of the establishment, Amy Cisse, and confirmed she had recently traveled from West Africa.
'She was in Guinea three weeks ago and they were monitoring her,' he said.
'We were told she had had a heart attack, but now we are hearing that she may be tested for Ebola.'
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.
Late Tuesday evening however, a Hazmat team was back on the scene to run tests, setting up shop across the street from the establishment.
It is still not clear why Amy Professional Hair Braidig would not have been evacuated until it was certain the woman did not have Ebola.
The salon was however decontaminated later in the evening by a Hazmat crew.
According to a source who was on the scene, the incident occurred just after 3:00 in the afternoon, and the woman was pronounced dead on arrival.
Costa, a man who works in the building next door, said, 'We were in the building and all the sudden the other owner came from the store and he said somebody dropped dead in their store.'
He then said he ran in there to find a woman laying on the floor.
When asked what she was bleeding from, Costa said, 'face, nose, mouth, everything.'
Meanwhile, members of FDNY could be seen carefully changing into Hazmat gear outside before heading into the establishment, for what they referred to as a 'fever travel illness.'
The FDNY has claimed in was a 'clean scene,' with no bodily fluids leaving the woman's body.
The Department of Health was on the scene to take blood from the woman, and then they, along with the firefighters and workers from the Medical Examiners office on the scene, were all decontaminated.
No one from Amy Professional Hair Braiding was decontaminated said the worker who spoke to MailOnline Tuesday evening
A New York City official briefed on the woman's death told ABC News, 'Earlier today, an individual who came to the U.S. from one of the three Ebola-impacted nations in West Africa within last three weeks died of an apparent non-Ebola condition.'
'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 show any symptoms of Ebola.
At the same time, individuals could be seen walking in and out of Amy Professional African Hair Braidig wearing no protection at all.
This all comes a week after Craig Spencer, a New York City doctor, was declared free of the deadly virus after contracting it after treating patients in Guinea.
He was the first, and only, case of Ebola to date in New York City.
This also comes just one day after Dr Martin Salia, a Maryland resident who was flown back to the United States after contracting Ebola in Sierra Leone, died at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
The outbreak of Ebola in Guinea began in March, and has resulted in over 1100 deaths to date.
The CDC has already recommended that all Americans avoid nonessential travel to the African country, as the situation seems to possibly be getting worse.
Though the World Health Organization recently said that there did not seem to be an increasing number of cases in Guinea, they also noted that the number of deaths have been very much under-reported.
http://i.imgur.com/802wf2p.jpg
There are new fears of a possible Ebola outbreak in New York City after a woman who was being monitored for the deadly virus dropped dead on Tuesday afternoon.
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.'
A worker at Amy Professional African Hair Braidig said they were still open for business on Tuesday evening despite this incident.
'Everything is business as normal,' a male worker, who asked to not be identified, told MailOnline.
The same man said the woman, believed to be in her early forties, was visiting the owner of the establishment, Amy Cisse, and confirmed she had recently traveled from West Africa.
'She was in Guinea three weeks ago and they were monitoring her,' he said.
'We were told she had had a heart attack, but now we are hearing that she may be tested for Ebola.'
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.
Late Tuesday evening however, a Hazmat team was back on the scene to run tests, setting up shop across the street from the establishment.
It is still not clear why Amy Professional Hair Braidig would not have been evacuated until it was certain the woman did not have Ebola.
The salon was however decontaminated later in the evening by a Hazmat crew.
According to a source who was on the scene, the incident occurred just after 3:00 in the afternoon, and the woman was pronounced dead on arrival.
Costa, a man who works in the building next door, said, 'We were in the building and all the sudden the other owner came from the store and he said somebody dropped dead in their store.'
He then said he ran in there to find a woman laying on the floor.
When asked what she was bleeding from, Costa said, 'face, nose, mouth, everything.'
Meanwhile, members of FDNY could be seen carefully changing into Hazmat gear outside before heading into the establishment, for what they referred to as a 'fever travel illness.'
The FDNY has claimed in was a 'clean scene,' with no bodily fluids leaving the woman's body.
The Department of Health was on the scene to take blood from the woman, and then they, along with the firefighters and workers from the Medical Examiners office on the scene, were all decontaminated.
No one from Amy Professional Hair Braiding was decontaminated said the worker who spoke to MailOnline Tuesday evening
A New York City official briefed on the woman's death told ABC News, 'Earlier today, an individual who came to the U.S. from one of the three Ebola-impacted nations in West Africa within last three weeks died of an apparent non-Ebola condition.'
'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 show any symptoms of Ebola.
At the same time, individuals could be seen walking in and out of Amy Professional African Hair Braidig wearing no protection at all.
This all comes a week after Craig Spencer, a New York City doctor, was declared free of the deadly virus after contracting it after treating patients in Guinea.
He was the first, and only, case of Ebola to date in New York City.
This also comes just one day after Dr Martin Salia, a Maryland resident who was flown back to the United States after contracting Ebola in Sierra Leone, died at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
The outbreak of Ebola in Guinea began in March, and has resulted in over 1100 deaths to date.
The CDC has already recommended that all Americans avoid nonessential travel to the African country, as the situation seems to possibly be getting worse.
Though the World Health Organization recently said that there did not seem to be an increasing number of cases in Guinea, they also noted that the number of deaths have been very much under-reported.