Malaysia will send more than 20 million medical rubber gloves to five African nations stricken by the Ebola virus, the government said on Monday.<\/p>\n
Malaysia, one of the world`s biggest manufacturers of the items, said it would dispatch 11 containers, each containing 1.9 million gloves, to Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo.<\/p>\n
“The prime minister is concerned about the outbreak of Ebola and the lives it has claimed,” the office of Premier Najib Razak said in a statement.<\/p>\n
“We hope this contribution will prevent the spread of Ebola and save lives.”<\/p>\n
Malaysian health authorities have also reportedly quarantined a Zimbabwean student in a hospital in Sarawak state on Borneo island after he sought treatment for fever Saturday.<\/p>\n
Jerip Susil, a state public health official, was quoted by The Star as saying that the 24-year-old, who had been in contact with students from Nigeria, was not vomiting or suffering from diarrhoea but was under observation as a “precautionary measure”.<\/p>\n
Test results are expected later this week. Jerip and other health authorities could not immediately be reached for further details.<\/p>\n
The Ebola outbreak has ravaged West Africa, killing more than 2,400 people since it erupted earlier this year.<\/p>\n
The hardest-hit nations are Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia.<\/p>\n
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Credit: AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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