A man in Massachusetts suspected of having the Ebola virus was taken to a Boston hospital for further evaluation.

The man recently returned from Liberia, one of three Ebola infected West African countries, and complained of feeling sick, having headaches and muscle pain. Doctors quickly responded by admitting him into an isolation ward. The man is being closely observed by doctors.

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The hospital, however, believes the patient doesn't fit the CDC criteria for persons infected by the Ebola virus and isn't considered a person at high risk. Despite this, the hospital decided the patient remain in isolation.

This immediate response to the suspected Massachusetts case only proves the U.S. medical systems remain on high alert, especially after a Texas health worker became the first person in the U.S. to have contracted the disease.

The Texas Ebola victim apparently treated Thomas Eric Duncan, who died last week from Ebola after being confined at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital that misdiagnosed his sickness and sent him home.

According to Dr. Kenneth Sands, chief quality officer from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, hospital staff are carrying out all necessary safety precautions with the help of the Boston department of public health and the entire city for suspicious cases of Ebola.

Last week's events triggered an Ebola scare across the U.S. In Las Vegas, a plane was quarantined after a passenger jokingly said he had Ebola. Fortunately, all reported cases last week were false alarms.

The patient in Massachusetts was originally brought to the Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates hospital in Braintree. He was transferred to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has currently killed more than 4,000 persons.

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