Theodore Parisienne/for New York Daily News
A woman undergoing Ebola monitoring after returning from West Africa died of an apparent heart attack in a Brooklyn hair salon Tuesday, authorities said.
First responders in haz-mat gear descended on African Queen Hair Braiding on Belmont Ave. in Brownsville at about 2:45 p.m., city health and fire department officials said.
The 40-year-old woman, who was not identified, returned from a trip to West Africa 18 days ago.
Theodore Parisienne/for New York Daily News
She had not displayed any Ebola symptoms and the health officials were testing her remains out of an 'abundance of caution,' a spokeswoman said.
Results are expected early Wednesday.
In October, the city announced it would be actively monitoring hundreds of travelers returning from Ebola-stricken countries in West Africa, mainly Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, by keeping in contact with them during the virus' 21-day incubation period.
Earlier this month, Dr. Craig Spencer, who was the first and only person so far diagnosed with Ebola in the city, was deemed free of the virus following 19 days of intensive treatment at Bellevue Hospital.
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