Japan - Tokyo man being tested for possible Ebola infection- negative

[Gert van der Hoek]

Tokyo man being tested for possible Ebola infection

KYODO

• DEC 29, 2014

A Japanese man in his 30s in Tokyo is being tested for possible Ebola infection after he developed a fever early Monday following his return to Japan from Sierra Leone earlier this month, the health ministry said Monday.


The man was quoted as saying he had no direct contact with Ebola patients but that he “touched with his bare hands” a bag containing a body on Dec. 17 during a burial in the epidemic-hit West African country. He stayed there for eight days through Dec. 21.

He returned to Japan on Dec. 23 and has since stayed at home at the request of authorities.

Finding his temperature had risen to 38.2 C in the early hours of Monday, the man reported his condition to the health center. But his fever dropped to 37.2 C in the morning, according to the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry.

The man is now hospitalized at a medical institution in Tokyo.

A ministry official declined to clarify why the man traveled to Sierra Leone.


Japan Times

 

[Shiloh]

Source: http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201412290036

UPDATE: Japanese man with fever tests negative for Ebola after arriving from Sierra Leone
December 29, 2014

THE ASAHI SHIMBUN

A Japanese man in his 30s was tested negative for the Ebola virus after he developed a fever following his return to Japan from Sierra Leone, the health ministry said Dec. 29.

The man, who has not been identified, was admitted to the National Center for Global Health and Medicine in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward...