A patient at Mount Sinai hospital is being tested after traveling to a country where the Ebola virus is present, the hospital said in a statement.

The man arrived at Mount Sinai�s emergency room early Monday morning with high fever and gastrointestinal symptoms. The man told doctors he had recently traveled to a West African country where Ebola is present, the hospital said.

The man has been placed in �strict isolation� and is undergoing various tests to determine the cause of the symptoms, the hospital said.

(Source: WCBSTV)