PETALING JAYA: Any website spreading rumours about several towns in Malaysia having Ebola cases will have action taken against it.

Health Ministry director-general Datuk Seri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, who denied any confirmed cases of Ebola in Malaysia, said a certain website has been posting rumours about Ebola cases being discovered in different towns.

"The Ministry would like to reiterate that the rumours spread through social media are not true at all.

"We take this irresponsible act seriously and will collaborate with other enforcement authorities to investigate the source of the rumours and ensure necessary action is taken against them," he said in a press statement Friday.

On Thursday, the website claimed that 14 people in Ipoh had been "confirmed" having Ebola and the hospital was shut down.

It also repeated several stories with different figures for cases in Shah Alam, Petaling Jaya.

Dr Noor Hisham said the rumours had caused panic and misunderstanding among the people, who had also questioned the monitoring and control measures taken by the Ministry.

From their continuous monitoring, there were no confirmed Ebola cases in Malaysia so far, he said.

He said that the ministry would continue to monitor the situation and any development from the World Health Organisation would be made known from time to time.

The public has been advised to monitor the situation from the ministry's website.



