Hospital staff members who treated New York City's only Ebola patient are in the clear after passing the 21-day incubation mark without symptoms, according to a Washington Post report.
The announcement came earlier this week from the New York City Heath and Hospitals Corporation, according to the report.
More than 100 New York City Health and Hospitals Corp. staff members treated the patient, Craig Spencer, MD, and were required to go through a 21-day monitoring period, according to the report.
"I"m pleased to announce that all HHC employees who directly cared for Dr. Spencer have safely passed the 21-day monitoring period and have been cleared of risk for this deadly infection," Ram Raju, MD, president of HHC, said in an emailed statement, according to the Post.
The fact that the workers have passed the 21-day incubation period means there is essentially no possibility others got Ebola from Dr. Spencer after he got back from West Africa, according to the report.
When Dr. Spencer returned from West Africa, he monitored himself for the virus, according to the report. However, he was not quarantined, and it was confirmed at Bellevue Hospital in New York City this fall that he indeed had Ebola. According to the report, Dr. Spencer is the fourth person in the country to test positive for Ebola, although there are currently no known Ebola cases in the U.S.