MADRID—A passenger on an Air France AF.FR -2.89% flight who showed symptoms of the Ebola virus was rushed from the airport here to a hospital on Thursday, as Spain’s government moved to take a more aggressive approach in dealing with the deadly virus. Spanish government officials, who came under fire last week for delaying in identifying the first transmission outside of West Africa, said they were trying to move proactively in isolating the passenger, a man who had been shaking and showing signs of fever during Air France Flight 1300 from Paris to Madrid. The passenger, who had recently traveled to Lagos, Nigeria, was taken from the airport by ambulance to Madrid’s Carlos III hospital for testing, the Spanish government and Air France said. Air France said it kept the plane in Madrid, scrapping the return flight, and said it would disinfect the plane before putting it back in service. The remaining 162 passengers and crew members were released from the aircraft on Thursday afternoon, and those on board who had been in direct contact or sitting close to the sick passenger were identified for future monitoring, the government said. If the sick passenger tests positive for Ebola, the passengers who had close contact with him would then be considered “high risk” for contagion and would have their temperature checked twice a day for any signs of a fever, according to protocol published by Spain’s Health Department. New York has its first case of Ebola. A Harlem doctor who recently treated patients in Africa tested positive for the deadly disease ­after he was rushed to Bellevue Hospital Thursday morning with fatigue, nausea and a 100.3-degree fever. Dr. Craig Spencer, a 33-year-old Doctors Without Borders volunteer, and his live-in fiancée, Morgan Dixon, 30, were quarantined at Bellevue as investigators ­retraced the couple’s steps from the six days since the doctor returned from Guinea last Friday, the sources said. The Associated Press reported two of Spencer’s friends were also quarantined but had shown no symptoms of the virus. Authorities said Spencer had a 103-degree fever but Gov. Andrew Cuomo later clarified that it was 100.3 degrees. http://nypost.com/2014/10/23/nyc-doctor-tests-positive-for-deadly-ebola-virus/ http://online.wsj.com/articles/air-france-flight-grounded-in-madrid-over-suspected-ebola-virus-case-1413462553

• published: 24 Oct 2014
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