SHANGHAI health experts have advised residents not to panic about the Ebola outbreak in west Africa, saying there is little possibility of the disease reaching China.

Officials from the Shanghai Health and Family Planning Commission said yesterday that no cases have been detected in the city.

On Monday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said 887 people had died of the virus in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria, and that more than 1,600 people have been infected.