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