Update | Tokyo closes Yoyogi Park amid dengue fever outbreak
Man who had not recently visited Yoyogi Park confirmed to have dengue
A man who had not recently visited Yoyogi Park nor travelled abroad has been confirmed to be infected with the dengue virus, the government said on Friday.
All the other 67 people in Japan recently confirmed to be infected with dengue had spent time in or around Yoyogi Park in central Tokyo, according to the health ministry.
The exception is a man in his 30s from Saitama prefecture, north of Tokyo, the Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry said. It said there is a possibility he contracted the illness when bitten by a mosquito in August while visiting Shinjuku Chuo Park, located about 2 kilometres north of Yoyogi Park.
The man complained of headache and fever but was not hospitalised and is in stable condition, the ministry added.
Yoyogi Park has been closed temporarily after dozens of cases of dengue fever were contracted by people who visited the area.
Since the cases were discovered, workers have been spraying the heavily forested Yoyogi Park, which is adjacent to the Meiji Shrine, a major tourist destination, and to Harajuku, a popular hangout for Japanese teens.