A JAPANESE man who flew to Hong Kong from mainland China has been hospitalised with fever and is being tested for SARS, officials said today.
The 29-year-old man, who had been in the mainland city of Dalian, was being treated in isolation a spokeswoman for Hong Kong's Queen Elizabeth Hospital said.
The man was in stable condition and authorities were conducting various tests, including one for the SARS virus, she said.
A report on Hong Kong's Commercial Radio said the man's chest x-ray showed patches – which can appear in SARS patients.
An outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) early this year sickened 1755 people in Hong Kong and killed 299. Although SARS was eventually contained, Hong Kong remains on high alert for any reappearance.
There have been several recent false alarms but no new SARS cases detected.