Suspected case of Ebola in Sarawak, patient being monitored

KOTA KINABALU - 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.