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KHARTOUM, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Sudan's Ministry of Health on Monday reiterated that Sudan is free of Ebola disease, noting that no confirmed or suspected case has been registered.

"The ministry (of health) reiterates that the country is free of Ebola disease and that no confirmed or suspected cases were registered", the ministry said in a press release.

"Also, nothing was received from the World Health Organization (WHO) indicating existence of any infection cases in the neighboring countries, which confirms that Chad and South Sudan are free from any Ebola cases", it added.

The ministry further announced that it has worked to increase sensitivity of disease monitoring at the crossings of the border states and new monitoring centers have been established in five states of Darfur besides West and South Kordofan, White Nile and the Red Sea States, stressing that cadres who operating disease monitoring and personnel of the forces have been trained on disease detection, means of prevention, the necessary medical interventions and infection control.

In the meantime, the ministry admitted a great increase in malaria infection rates in Khartoum, Gezira, West Kordofan and North Darfur States, saying that "malaria has become an epidemic threat where some cases of severe malaria have been registered in Gezira and West Kordofan States".

Some social networks have recently circulated information on emergency cases of Ebola in Sudan, particularly when a female child died at a government hospital in Khartoum after been infected with symptoms similar to that of Ebola.

However, the Sudanese health authorities reiterated that the deceased child was infected with severe malaria, which was confirmed by laboratory tests.

The Sudanese authorities have earlier intensified their precautionary measures to prevent entry of Ebola virus to the country, including vaccination of all the individuals coming from the disease-hit countries, namely western Africa, in addition to verification of the safety of the planes in accordance with the international health procedures.