Ebola Doctor Described As Stable As New York's Mayor Says City Is 'Simply Not At Risk' Despite Medic's Seven Days Riding The Subway, Bowling And Traveling By Taxi -- Daily Mail

* Dr Craig Spencer, 33, who returned to the U.S. from Guinea where he was treating Ebola patients, was admitted to New York Hospital on Thursday
* His fiancée Morgan Dixon, 30, is also in quarantine at Bellevue Hospital but does not have Ebola symptoms
* Two friends were also placed in quarantine at undisclosed location
* An Uber cab driver, who drove Dr Spencer home from Brooklyn hours before he developed symptoms, was told he is not at risk
* The doctor was taken to hospital from his home in Harlem on Thursday morning after developing an 100.3F fever, diarrhea and nausea
* Spencer reported feeling sluggish on Tuesday but only developed a temperature on Thursday morning
* On Wednesday night, Dr Spencer, who had been self-monitoring his symptoms, went to a bowling alley in Brooklyn by subway and taxi

New York's Ebola-stricken doctor was described as being in a stable condition in an isolation unit today, officials said.

The city's mayor Bill de Blasio said that Dr Craig Spencer, 33, was in 'good shape' during a press conference on Friday afternoon at Bellevue Hospital.

The mayor appealed for calm, telling New Yorkers that they are 'simply not at risk' unless they have come in contact with the bodily fluids of the city's first Ebola patient.

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