While Liberia was declared free from the epidemic in early September, a 15-year-old boy died on Monday of hemorrhagic fever.
Liberia is again struck by Ebola. A 15-year-old boy died of hemorrhagic fever. Two months after being declared free from the epidemic, this is the first death from the Ebola virus.
The young boy, Nathan Gbotoe, died Monday evening in a hospital in Paynesville, near the capital Monrovia. He was one of the 3 cases declared Friday, November 20. Her father and brother were also infected and are still hospitalized. At the moment, doctors do not know where or how the 3 men contracted the disease.
In the West African region, Liberia is one of the countries most affected by the epidemic. Of more than 10,600 cases, nearly 4,800 people have died. In two years, the World Health Organization has twice announced the end of transmission of the virus in the country. The first time in May 2015 and the second at the beginning of last September. Unfortunately, each time the virus reappeared and claimed victims.
In early November 2015, Sierra Leone was declared free from the epidemic. Last week, Guinea announced that the latest case of Ebola, a 3 week old newborn baby has been cured. If no sick person is declared within a month and a half, the country will also be declared free from Ebola.
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