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Liberia: 2 cases confirmed of Ebola
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday that Liberia has confirmed 2 cases of the deadly Ebola virus that is suspected to have killed at least 70 people in Guinea.
The outbreak of the highly contagious Ebola, which in its more acute phase, causes vomiting, diarrhea and external bleeding, has sent Guinea’s West African neighbors scrambling to contain the spread of the disease.
Eleven deaths in towns in northern Sierra Leone and Liberia, which shares borders with southeastern Guinea where the outbreak was first reported, are suspected to be linked to Ebola.
WHO said that as of March 29, 7 clinical samples from adult patients from Foya district in Liberia were tested.
“Two of those samples have tested positive for the ebola virus,” the global health organization said in the statement on its website on Sunday, confirming for the first time the cases in country.
“There have been 2 deaths among the suspected cases; a 35 year old woman who died on 21 March tested positive for ebola virus while a male patient who died on 27 March tested negative,” it said.
An official of Liberia’s health ministry who requested anonymity said the government was aware and would issue a statement on Monday.
