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Man returning from Liberia tested for possible Ebola infection in Japan

Xinhua, March 16, 2015 Adjust font size:

A non-Japanese national who returned from Liberia is being tested for possible Ebola infection after getting a fever Sunday night, the Japanese Health Ministry said Monday.

The man, in his 40s, is not a health worker and said he did not have contact with any Ebola patients in the West African country, local report quoted the ministry as reporting.

The test outcome is expected to be known around noon Monday, said Japan's Kyodo News, adding that the man tested positive for malaria and negative for influenza.

The man developed a temperature above 38 degrees Celsius Sunday evening after returning to Japan on March 4 from Liberia, where he stayed from last summer to March 2, said the report. Endi