Health D-G: Report that Ebola case detected in Malaysia is false

A nursing officer from the Hong Kong Health Department wears personal protective equipment recommended against the Ebola virus. - EPA/ALEX HOFFORD

KUALA LUMPUR: A report being circulated in social websites, including Facebook, that an Ebola case has been detected in the country is false.

Confirming this late Tuesday, Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah censured those spreading such rumours as irresponsible, saying there had been no quarantine cases related to the disease.