New Ebola case in Liberian capital
Fri Apr 01, 2016 03:30:pm Africa
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A 30-year-old woman has died in the Liberian capital after contracting Ebola, officials said Friday, more than two months after the epidemic was declared over in the country.
"Lab results confirm a new case of Ebola virus disease in Liberia -- a 30-year-old woman who died yesterday afternoon while being transferred to a hospital in the capital Monrovia," the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement.
The World Health Organization was first alerted to the reappearance of Ebola symptoms among a family in Guinea on March 16, the same day it declared a similar flare-up over in Sierra Leone. The WHO confirmed it was aware of the case, tweeting:
"A new case of #Ebola is confirmed in #Liberia. Investigation and #EbolaResponse now underway."
A resurgence of Ebola in a rural Guinean community has killed seven people in the past few weeks, but it is not known if the new Liberian case is linked.
Liberia was the country worst hit by the outbreak with 4,800 deaths.
The WHO had said on Tuesday that the Ebola outbreak in West Africa no longer constituted an international emergency, voicing confidence that remaining isolated cases in the affected countries can be contained.
"Lab results confirm a new case of Ebola virus disease in Liberia -- a 30-year-old woman who died yesterday afternoon while being transferred to a hospital in the capital Monrovia," the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement.
The World Health Organization was first alerted to the reappearance of Ebola symptoms among a family in Guinea on March 16, the same day it declared a similar flare-up over in Sierra Leone. The WHO confirmed it was aware of the case, tweeting:
"A new case of #Ebola is confirmed in #Liberia. Investigation and #EbolaResponse now underway."
A resurgence of Ebola in a rural Guinean community has killed seven people in the past few weeks, but it is not known if the new Liberian case is linked.
Liberia was the country worst hit by the outbreak with 4,800 deaths.
The WHO had said on Tuesday that the Ebola outbreak in West Africa no longer constituted an international emergency, voicing confidence that remaining isolated cases in the affected countries can be contained.
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