This follows an alert issued by Malawi’s health ministry on the Marburg virus, which has so far claimed five lives in Tanzania’s northwestern region of Kagera.

Zaliha said the Marburg virus had not been detected in Malaysia so far.

However, she said the health ministry would continue to take preventive measures to reduce the risk of the virus spreading.

Bernama reported that Zaliha said control and surveillance, especially at the country’s international entry points, would be intensified.

The health ministry will keep track of the development of the virus from time to time.

“Whenever there is any news about such a virus, we will carry out surveillance, especially on travellers from Africa.

“However, no cases of the virus have been detected in the country so far,” Zaliha told reporters after a walkabout at the Sekijang Ramadan Bazaar in Taman Utama, Segamat, today.