Saturday 21 November 2015

Breaking :Ebola confirmed in Liberia #(must read)

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Three new cases of Ebola have been confirmed in Liberia less than
three months after the country was declared free of the virus, the
World Health Organization (WHO) has said.
The three patients include a 10-year-old boy from Paynesville, a
suburb of the capital Monrovia.
All people with the symptom have been isolated, WHO
spokeswoman Margaret Harris told the BBC.
Liberia has seen more than 10,000 Ebola cases and more than
4,000 deaths.
The country's Health Minister Bernice Dahn said six of the boy's
relatives and other high-risk contacts have been taken to an Ebola
Treatment Unit in Paynesville.
"The hospital is currently decontaminating the unit. All of the
healthcare workers who came in contact with the patient have
been notified," she said.
On Thursday night, before the new case emerged, President Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf delivered a speech praising "the resilience" of
Liberians in overcoming the epidemic.
The country was first declared Ebola-free on 9 May, but new
cases emerged in June resulting in two deaths. It was declared
free of the virus again on 3 September.
Liberia recorded its first Ebola case in March last year and
analysts believe the latest cases are a serious set-back for the
country.
The new cases in Liberia was announced just days after Guinea,
where the epidemic started, said it had no more Ebola cases.
If no more cases are detected for 42 days, it would be declared
free of the virus.
Sierra Leone was declared free of Ebola on 7 November.
More than 11,000 people have died of the disease since December
2013, the vast majority of them in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra
Leone.

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