UPDATE: Assistant Minister of Public Health Datuk Dr Jerip Susil confirmed at a press conference held this afternoon that a 24-year-old Zimbabwean student was currently under investigation at SGH after being admitted to the isolation ward over the weekend.
The student had been in contact with several Nigerian students who had just returned to Sarawak from their home countries. Although the Nigerian students are not displaying any symptoms, they are being put under isolation for a short duration while the state Health Department carries out contact tracing on them.
Dr Jerip said that the results from the Zimbabwe student’s sample will be out in one to two weeks’ time.
EARLIER: Rumour has been spreading like wildfire in Kuching that two African students are suspected to be infected with the Ebola virus.
A source disclosed that the students were admitted to a private medical centre on Sunday evening complaining of cough and fever.
As the private medical centre did not have an isolation ward, they were transferred to the Sarawak General Hospital isolation ward.
When contacted, Assistant Minister of Public Health Datuk Dr Jerip Susil said he had no comment on the rumour as nothing had been confirmed yet.
“There is no lab confirmation yet,” he said without elaborating further.
Dr Jerip will be holding a press conference this afternoon.
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