Somalia rules out virus outbreak

Somalia's government has confirmed that there are no cases of the Ebola virus in the Horn of Africa nation.

Health Minister Ali Mohammed Mohamud refuted local media reports that there was a suspected Ebola case in the town of Buulo Sharey in the lower Shabelle region.

"As soon as we heard the rumors of a case of Ebola virus in Somalia, we acted quickly and decisively to isolate the alleged victim, a Somali citizen named