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Health Ministry rubbishes rumours of monkeypox outbreak in Malaysia

By JO TIMBUONG
A monkeypox patient in the Democratic Republic of the Congo during an outbreak in 1997. PHOTO: CDC/ BRIAN W.J. MAHY.

PETALING JAYA: The Health Ministry has rubbished rumours that there is an outbreak of monkeypox in the country.

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said there were no cases of monkeypox in Malaysia after one instance of the disease was reported in neighbouring Singapore on May 9.

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