Health official: No Ebola cases in China, outbreak risk low

China's health authority says there are no Ebola cases in the country and they are confident that a large-scale Ebola outbreak is very unlikely.

The National Health and Family Planning Commission told reporters the current priority is strengthening inspection at ports of entry.

In Beijing, a special team has been formed to guide the prevention work during the APEC meetings.

The capital has designated special hospitals for Ebola treatment, and conducted drills to deal with suspected arriving cases.

"Currently there aren't any confirmed or suspected Ebola cases in China. Our priority is to prevent the epidemic from affecting China. We have strengthened border inspections and quarantines -- screening people from epidemic-hit countries. Beijing and Shanghai have carried out emergency response drills to deal with potential cases which come in from abroad. Other port cities will also carry out similar drills in early November. As more and more people travel between Africa and China, there is a risk that Ebola could come to China. But the country has set up a complete disease control and prevention mechanism following the SARS epidemic, and experts believe there is no possibility of a large-scale Ebola outbreak in China," says Song Shuli, spokesman of Natinional Health and Family Planning Commission.