Thursday night Mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo held a press conference at Bellevue Hospital to announce that a New York City resident has tested positive for the Ebola virus.  City Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Travis Bassett, State Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker, and president of the Health & Hospitals Corporation Dr. Ram Raju joined de Blasio and Cuomo.  Dr. Tom Frieden, Director of the Centers for Disease Control, participated by phone.

Here are their opening statements:

Mayor de Blasio:

Governor Cuomo:

Dr. Mary Travis Bassett:

Dr. Howard Zucker:

Q&A:

Here is the complete Q&A: