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Teen dies after Ebola reemerges in Liberia
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A teenage boy has died of Ebola in Liberia, a health official said yesterday, the first fatality since July in one of the three West African countries hit hardest by the worst-ever Ebola outbreak.
The 15-year-old boy died Monday night, said Dr Francis Kateh, chief medical officer and acting head of Liberia’s Ebola Case Management System. The boy, who lived in Liberia’s eastern Paynesville district, was the first Ebola patient in the country since it was declared Ebola-free for a second time in September.
The boy’s father and brother also have tested positive for Ebola and have been taken to an Ebola treatment center along with his mother and two other siblings. Health officials have identified nearly 160 people who might be at risk of being infected with the disease, including eight health-care workers “who are at high risk because they came in direct contact with the boy,” said Sorbor George, a spokesman for the country’s health ministry.
Liberia on Monday said it had sought help from two experts from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to determine the cause of the latest cases.
More than 11,300 deaths have been recorded for the entire outbreak, which was first confirmed in March 2014 and has been concentrated in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, according to the World Health Organization. Liberia has recorded more than 10,600 cases.
Liberia was first declared Ebola-free on May 9, but new, fatal cases emerged. WHO declared the country Ebola-free again on September 3.
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