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TOKYO — Hundreds of evacuees from the area around Japan's stricken nuclear power plant are being turned away by hospitals and temporary evacuation centers because of fear they may be carrying radiation, a British newspaper reported.

The Daily Telegraph said that officials were demanding that evacuees provide certificates proving they have not been exposed to contamination.

The newspaper said a clinic in Fukushima City refused treatment to an 8-year-old girl for a skin rash. Her family was living in a shelter after abandoning their home in Minamisoma, 18 miles from the nuclear plant.

Meanwhile, Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said Thursday that consistently high levels found in seawater outside the plant may mean radiation is leaking out continuously.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42350531/ns/world_news-asiapacific/