A patient at a Honolulu hospital is in isolation after showing possible symptoms of Ebola, KITV is reporting. 

But health officials said that the person, whose name has not been released, has not been tested for the virus, according to KHON

Dr. Melissa Viray of the Hawaii Department of Health told KHON that the patient could have any number of illnesses other than Ebola like flu, malaria and typhoid. 

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Health department officials said that if the patient would be tested for Ebola, any tests would have to be sent to the mainland for analysis, according to KGMB.

Officials with the health department also would not confirm that the person had been to West Africa recently KGMB reported.