EBOLA VIRUS - Suspected case of Ebola in SARAWAK, patient being monitored

Suspected case of Ebola in Sarawak, patient being monitored

BY JULIA CHAN SEPTEMBER 15, 2014UPDATED: SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 03:30 PM

KOTA KINABALU, Sept 15 — Doctors in the Sarawak state 

capital, Kuching, are monitoring a suspected case of Ebola,

Datuk Dr Zulkifli Jantan, the state health director confirmed 

today. 



“Yes, investigations are being carried out. No details yet. 

He is only a suspect,” he told Malay Mail Online by email, 

adding that there was no cause for alarm.



Dr Zulkifli said health officials are monitoring the patient but 

declined to elaborate.



The patient is believed to be an African male suffering from 

a fever.



He is Malaysia’s second suspected case of Ebola. 



The first was reported in Perak last week and later proven 

to be negative.



Ebola is a hemorrhagic fever, often fatal to humans and 

monkeys. An outbreak has caused more than 2,000 deaths 

in West Africa this year.


Source: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/suspected-case-of-ebola-in-sarawak-patient-being-monitored#sthash.sOiwwapC.dpuf