The 19-year-old could face a fine of up to TW $150,000 (158,600 baht). The man was hospitalised on December 5 at Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital in southern Taiwan. He told doctors he was suffering from fever and diarrhoea and had eaten bats during a recent trip to Nigeria. The hospital immediately quar- antined the man. Tests for Ebola were found to be neg- ative, and authorities also discovered that the man had never travelled abroad. Doctors at the hospital said they feared he was mentally ill AFP