dr. bassett. >> i just wanted to add then to point out that the state health department, dr. zucker, announced just last week that eight hospitals in this state would be designated as settings where ebola patients could be cared for. we are the first state to identify a limited number of hospitals of which this hospital is one. bellevue hospital is one of the five hospitals in new york city and as you've all been hearing they've been working, they were ready today. they showed how ready they were to accept a patient to -- [ all talking at the same time ] >> just to clarify, all -- there are about 200 hospitals in the state. they have all prepared if someone walks into the hospital and presents themselves and suggests that they might have illness. but to get all 200 hospitals ready for intensive treatment, obviously, would have been very difficult, so the decision was made to take eight hospital, one of them is bellevue, and really focus and concentrate intensive efforts and that turns out that was a wise and prudent course of conduct. >> may i add also, we -- the department o

dr. bassett and dr. zucker speak about -- again, i want to preface, this is a very difficult disease to contract. it is not an airborne disease but it takes rather intimate contact to contract the disease. >> that is right. what do we know about his whereabouts? he went to a place called the gutter, a bowling alley in williamsburg in brooklyn that to get there he took the at -- the a-train and l-train and went to the high line, may have stopped and gone to a restaurant along the way, so we're just -- we're going to be getting more information about this. we -- he's fully cooperating with us. we have his metro card, and we are going to have the chance to talk with him. remember, he is a hospitalized patient in intensive care, about all of the -- to line up to -- everything from his metro card travel and where he was. let me turn to your question about the subway, once again, we all have been saying to all of you for weeks now that people with ebola are contagious when they're sick, and what's contagious a

dr. bassett and dr. zucker speak about -- again, i want to preface, this is a very difficult disease to contact. it is not an aarirborne disease but it takes rather intimate contact to contract the disease. >> that is right. what do we know about his whereabouts? he went to a place called the gutter, a bowling alley in williamsburg in brooklyn that to get there he took the at -- the a-train and l-train and went to the high line, may have stopped and gone to a restaurant along the way, so we're just -- we're going to be getting more information about this. we -- he's fully cooperating with us. we have his metro card, and we are going to have the chance to talk with him. remember, he is a hospitalized patient in intensive care, about all of the -- to line up to -- everything from his metro card travel and where he was. let me turn to your question about the subway, once again, we all have been saying to all of you for weeks now that people with ebola are contagious when they're sick, and what's contagious

dr. bassett who last night did an extraordinary job explaining the steps that were being taken, but for months she has lead the efforts to prepare, and her leadership has been invaluable in making sure this city was ready to handle this crisis. >> thank you, mr. mayor. i want to begin by acknowledging this has really been a team effort. we have worked across numbers of agencies including our public hospital systems, the fire department which oversees the emergency medical services to ensure that everyone is coordinated in this response, and many other activities we have all worked together. we have also benefited from close collaborations with our state health department and our federal partners at the centers for disease control, and we're pleased to have our doctor who has joined us here in new york from the cdc. i have the time line that i talked with you about yesterday evening. we know that the patient continues to be stable at bellevue hospital, where he remains hospitalized in the isolation unit in an intensive care unit. we have some new information from the cdc. they are confirming hi

dr. mary bassett. >> reporter: you can imagine people are understandably concerned. maybe he should have been quarantined for 21 days. >> he did not have symptoms at that time. he had not yet had a fever, and when he had a fever, he absolutely immediately notified the public health authorities, and all the right actions were taken after that. and his temperature was not that high. he didn't say, "let me wait and see if it goes up." he measured the temperature of 100.3 and he picked up the phone. >> reporter: kaci hickox ends her article by saying, "we need more health care workers to help fight the epidemic in west africa. the u.s. must treat returning health care workers with dignity and humanity." and tonight, officials here at bellevue hospital report dr. craig spencer has entered the next phase of illness and is having gastrointestinal symptoms. and, michelle, spencer's fiancÉ, who was also isolated here, has been released from the hospital under quarantine. >> miller: jericka duncan at bellevue hospital. thank you. and late today, the f.d.a. granted emergency au

dr. bassett, thanks for all that you are doing, all of your colleagues are doing. y appreciate it. and good luck to dr. craig spencer. we hope he has a full, full recovery. much more on the breaking news right after this. ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. >>> happening now, breaking news. school shooting. a student opens gunfire at a hoolt. >>> ebola quarantine. now put in isolation as officials look for others who may have been exposed to the virus. >>> remains found. police identify the body of the missing university of virginia college student, hannah graham. will the discovery reveal new clues in the case? we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're following multiple breaking news stories. including the discovery of the remains of hannah graham who disappeared almost six weeks ago. >>> three people quarantined in new york city's ebola scare. >>> plus, the deadly school shooting north of

dr. mary bassett who is the health commissioner here in new york city through a spokesperson she said, look, i am worried that the that is going to discourage health care workers from going to africa and helping that completely reverses everything we've been trying to do to help this outbreak. ana? >> we already heard from one of these health care workers returning being quarantined. some good news about that, this new jersey health care worker has tested negative for the ebola virus. she faced a mandatory quarantine after arriving in newark from west africa where she helped treat ebola patients. but the story doesn't end there. according to her new op-ed in the dallas news, she knew nothing about the quarantine and she hasn't happy about it. she said i've been quarantined in new jersey. this is not a situation i would wish on ebb anyone and i am scared for those who will follow me. i am scared about how health care workers will be treated in airports when they declare that. and that have been fighting ebola in west africa. i am scared that like me they will arrive and see a frenzy of disor

dr. mary bassett reportedly was fewer yew she was not informed before the quarantine was imposed. do you no longer trust the cdc and doctors and scientists? >> well, that's a pretty general statement. of course, we do, but the fact of the matter is that the cdc protocols, as dr. fauci admitted himself, have been a moving targets. imagine you're the person in charge of the public health of the people of a large densely populated state, in fact the most densely populated state in the union, and these protocols continue to move and change. it was my conclusion we need to do do this to protect the public health of the people of new jersey. governor cuomo agreed. now mayor emanuel agrees, and i think the cdc will eventually come around to our point of view on this. >>> and what about that dr. fauci says it's not good science to quarantine them when they're not symptomatic. >> what he's counting on is a voluntary system with folks who may or may not comply. wet this situation in new jersey, as you know, with the nbc news crew that said they were going to self-quarantine, and two days la

dr. bassett. >> thank you, mr. mayor and good evening, everyone.you all know for the last couple of months now we've been working closely with our city hospital assistant, with our state partners and our federal partners to prepare for the possibility of a diagnosis of a patient with ebola in new york city. today, we have the first patient with a presumptive positive ebola test. this test was completed at our public health lab and will be confirmed at the cdc labs. we expect within the next 24 hours. let me go over with you what we know about this patient at this time. this is, of course, an evolving situation in which information will continue to come forward, but i want to share with you what we know at this time. as you have already heard, the patient is presently hospitalized in isolation at this hospital. the patient is a 33-year-old doctor, working with the famed human services organization doctors without borders in guinea. he completed his work in guinea on the 12th of october and left guinea on the 14th of october via europe where he arriv

dr. mary bassett said the 33-year- old was symptom free during his travels: >> he was feeling well, had no the time that he left guinea which was on the 14th. he continued to feel well with his onward travel from europe to the united states where he arrived at jfk on the 17th. and he continued to check his temperature daily. >> sreenivasan: officials said spencer visited the highline park, a coffee shop, and restaurant in manhattan on tuesday as fatigue symptoms appeared. on wednesday, he went running and rode the subway to a bowling alley in brooklyn. it was at his apartment thursday morning that spencer reported having a 100.3 degree fever, and emergency workers moved him to bellevue hospital for treatment. health officials are now retracing spencer's steps in the days leading up to his admission. they've cleared the bowling alley and the coffee shop, and maintain the odds of virus transmission in public spaces remains very low. >> sreenivasan: meanwhile, doctors declared nina pham free of the virus today. she is one of two nurses who contracted the disease while treating ebola patient o

dr. mary bassett reportedly was fewer yew she was not informed before the quarantine was imposed. do you no longer trust the cdc and doctors and scientists? >> well, that's a pretty general statement. of course, we do, but the fact of the matter is that the cdc protocols, as dr. fauci admitted himself, have been a moving targets. imagine you're the person in charge of the public health of the people of a large densely populated state, in fact the most densely populated state in the union, and these protocols continue to move and change. it was my conclusion we need to do do this to protect the public health of the people of new jersey. governor cuomo agreed. now mayor emanuel agrees, and i think the cdc will eventually come around to our point of view on this. >>> and what about that dr. fauci says it's not good science to quarantine them when they're not symptomatic. >> what he's counting on is a voluntary system with folks who may or may not comply. wet this situation in new jersey, as you know, with the nbc news crew that said they were going to self-quarantine, and two days la

dr. mary bassett just wrapped up a press conference where they gave us an update on dr. condition. he's in stable condition and they told us they gave him antiviral drugs on the second day which is yesterday. the plan for administering plasma is in place. that's what he'll receive although. they have said that this is a disease in which they can expect people's condition to deteriorate before it gets better, so although dr. spencer is in stable condition they do expect him to get worse before he does get better. but they're optimistic about the fact that he's getting the best care possible at new york city's bellevue hospital. mayor de blasio not only give us the update on spencer's condition. but they also really wanted to reiterate that dr. spencer is a hero. he volunteered himself with doctors without borders a nonprofit to go to guinea and battle the disease in west africa like so many other doctors and nurses. he reiterated he was a hero and did everything he was supposed to do after arriving here in the united states. he wasn't sick when he got on board a plane fro

dr. mary bassett, earlier, a very thorough process is being implemented.atient in this case who's been very communicative, very precise and who's been only back a very short time and is quite clear about the individuals he had any substantial contact with. so that work is going on right now. >> any quarantines in place for any of those individuals -- >> that's being worked through right now as everyone's being located and communicated with and details are determined, there will be a decision on whether a specific quarantine is needed. we'll have a lot more on to say later on this evening. thanks, everyone. >> so there he is, the mayor of new york city, bill de blasio, speaking about this documentation who's now at bellevue hospital in new york, just back from west africa in guinea, i believe. he's with doctors without borders, was treating ebola patients there in west africa. came back to new york city, we're told, about ten days ago and all of a sudden within the past day or so, started developing some symptoms, a higher elevated temperature, other simila

dr. mary bassett and on the phone dr. sanjay gupta. we appreciate you being here and know you're busy.and did you get him into the hospital soon enough? >> well, thanks for that question. as far as i know, the patient is stable. the last word on the patient this morning is he continues to be stable. as you heard, he returned to the united states on october 17th and he had been monitoring his temperature. the first time he found a temperature elevation, he called his employer, msf, doctors without borders. they notified us and he came straight to the hospital. so we got him when he had his first fear and got him into isolation and treatment. >> sanjay, tell us -- >> all went well. >> that's good to know. sanjay tell us the information you just received from government officials about what might happen in the future with health care workers like this doctor. >> well it's a big topic and what we're hearing, i talked to administration official who said that they are considering a mandatory quarantine for returning health care workers from west africa. now, the balance is, and this was the

dr. mary travis bassett. very nice have you on the show this morning.this this doctor who just came back from west africa, guinea where he was working. he was working with doctors without bothered. he's a hero. >> we have to stop this epidemic at its source, and that's in west africa. this young man is a courageous young man. designee came back on the 17th. appears he followed the code. took his temperature twice a day and immediately upon something being different and possibly fever and little bit of nausea he went to the hospital. do you think there might need to be more from the get go when one of these doctors, one of these heroes returns from the front lines ever fighting ebola should they isolate themselves, should there be a process where that's required for some time maybe ten days? >> let's make it clear that when he left guinea and he finished working with ebola patients he was actually working in an ebola treatment unit on october 12th. he was completely well. and as you said, people who have ebola who are well are not contagious to others. h