S. China city refutes rumor of Ebola virus infection
29/3/2005 11:17
A Shenzhen official Monday refuted a rumor of Ebola virus infection
causing customs staff's death in this coastal city of south China's Guangdong
Province.
Tang Jie, secretary-general of the city government, said the report
of "China's first deadly Ebola-infected case occurred in Shenzhen", which was on
a website, www.epochtimes.com, and then printed by the Singapore-based Lianhe
Zaobao, was groundless.
The report said some Shenzhen Customs staffs were
contracted with Ebola virus from sailors aboard a foreign-registered ship when
they were checking smuggling. The infection had caused "heavy casualties".
An
investigation was timely conducted by the local government after it received the
relative document from the China Office of World Health Organization (WHO) via
the Ministry of Health, said Tang. The investigation showed there had not been
such an alleged contact between Chinese staffs and foreign smugglers.
Another
probe done by the Shenzhen Health Bureau also excluded any infected cases of
Ebola in the city.
Xinhua
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