Malaysia - Suspected case of Ebola in Sarawak, patient being monitored - Not Ebola

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Suspected case of Ebola in Sarawak, patient being monitored

By Julia ChanSeptember 15, 2014
UPDATED: 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.
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The patient is believed to be an African male suffering from a fever.

He is Malaysia?s second suspected case of Ebola.

See more at: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/m...-patient-being-monitored#sthash.d1iijiHO.dpuf

 

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Re: Malaysia - Suspected case of Ebola in Sarawak, patient being monitored

Re: Malaysia - Suspected case of Ebola in Sarawak, patient being monitored

Not Ebola, ministry says of suspected case in Sarawak
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Published: 9:47 PM, September 15, 2014

KUALA LUMPUR ? An African man in Sarawak who triggered fears that the deadly Ebola virus may have arrived in Malaysia is no longer suspected of being infected with the disease, Malaysia?s Health Ministry said today (Sept 15).

Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, the ministry?s director-general, said the patient mentioned in Malay Mail Online?s report today is a 24-year-old Zimbabwean man studying at a private institute of higher learning in Sarawak.

Dr Noor Hisham said the patient started having fever, sore throat and cough on Saturday and was treated for respiratory tract infection at the state?s Kuching General Hospital, adding that he was in a ?stable condition?.
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http://www.todayonline.com/world/asia/not-ebola-ministry-says-suspected-case-sarawak