A Liberian has died of Ebola in the first recorded case of the disease
since a country at the heart of an epidemic that has killed more than
11,000 people was declared virus-free on May 9 after going 42 days
without a new case.
The body of a 17-year-old tested positive for Ebola in Margibi County and authorities have begun tracing people the victim may have come into contact with while infected, Deputy Health Minister Tolbert Nyenswah said on Tuesday.
“There is no need to panic. The corpse has been buried and our contact tracing has started work,” Nyenswah told Reuters. Margibi is a rural area close to the capital Monrovia, and is home to the country’s main international airport.
A total of 11,207 people died from Ebola in Liberia, neigh
The body of a 17-year-old tested positive for Ebola in Margibi County and authorities have begun tracing people the victim may have come into contact with while infected, Deputy Health Minister Tolbert Nyenswah said on Tuesday.
“There is no need to panic. The corpse has been buried and our contact tracing has started work,” Nyenswah told Reuters. Margibi is a rural area close to the capital Monrovia, and is home to the country’s main international airport.
A total of 11,207 people died from Ebola in Liberia, neigh
