A Japanese tourist in Manipur is suspected to have contracted the deadly Ebola virus infection. Kawakubo Yuko 27-year-old had already visited five countries and had stayed over in a hotel at Imphal. She had taken road-route from Myanmar to reach Manipur. Soon after reaching Imphal she developed Ebola-like symptoms and was shifted to a private hospital in Imphal. According to the doctors her blood samples are sent for testing at the National Institute of Virology Pune. For better medical care she was then sent to in J.N. Institute of Medical Sciences in Imphal where according to hospital staff she was