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Liberia - Ebola: 10 212 confirmed cases, 4 573 deaths (WHO, April 22, 2015)

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Ebola Threatens Liberia
Tue, 03/25/2014 - 01:53 admin
Guinea Death Toll Reaches 59; 1 Reported in Foya
By:
Observer Staff/AFP
At least 59 of out of 80 persons are now confirmed dead after coming in contact with the Ebola virus in the southern forest regions of Gueckedou and Macenta in Guinea, close to the Liberian border, Guinea?s government has confirmed.
Reports of the virus trickling into northern Liberia suggest at least one Ebola-related death in Foya, Lofa County. Up to press time, officials in Lofa could not be reached for comment. Monrovia officials are also tightlipped, only stating that a press conference will be held Monday.
A few cases are reported in neighboring Sierra Leone as well.
The Foya connection has not been independently confirmed and, Liberia?s Health Minister Dr. Walter Gwenigale was not available for comment yesterday is expected to hold a press conference today on the situation.
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http://www.liberianobserver.com/security-health/ebola-threatens-liberia
 
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Six suspected Ebola cases in Liberia, five dead: government

03/24/2014 17:03 GMT

MONROVIA, March 24, 2014 (AFP) - Five patients have died in Liberia of suspected Ebola fever, the government said on Monday, as neighbouring Guinea battled an outbreak of the virus which has killed dozens.

"As of this morning six cases have been reported of which five have already died -- four female adults and one male child. One of the suspected cases, a female child, is under treatment," Health Minister Walter Gwenigale said in a statement.

http://reliefweb.int/report/liberia/six-suspected-ebola-cases-liberia-five-dead-government
 
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UNMIL ‏@UNMILNews 46m
Non-essential travel to border region b/n #Liberia & #Guinea discouraged until further notice. Follow @WHO for more on #Ebola outbreak.
 
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Is Guinea Ebola outbreak spreading to Liberia?

Liberian cases, if confirmed, would be the first indication that pathogen has crossed into another state

Aid workers and health officials battled Monday to contain west Africa's first outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in Guinea as neighboring Liberia reported its first suspected victims.
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"As of this morning six cases have been reported of which five have already died -- four female adults and one male child. One of the suspected cases, a female child, is under treatment," Liberian Health Minister Walter Gwenigale said in a statement.

The patients came from Guinea for treatment to hospitals in the northern Liberian county of Lofa, Gwenigale said, adding that inspectors had been in the area since Friday.

"The team is already investigating the situation, tracing contacts, collecting blood samples and sensitising local health authorities on the disease," he added.
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Although there have also been outbreaks among humans in Uganda, the Republic of Congo and Gabon, the disease had never before been detected in people in west Africa.

Aid organisation Plan International warned that the epidemic risked spreading to neighbouring countries because of the free movement of people across borders.

"Communities, especially children, in the border areas between Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone are vulnerable and need immediate support," Ibrahima Toure, Plan's country director in Guinea, said in a statement.

Guinea is one of the world's poorest nations despite vast untapped mineral wealth, with a stagnating economy and inflation at 13 percent, youth unemployment estimated at 60 percent and ranking 178th out of 187 countries on the UN's Human Development Index.
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Full text:
http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/inter...is-guinea-ebola-outbreak-spreading-to-liberia
 
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After Guinea, suspected cases of Ebola detected in Liberia The Echo Republican
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/ AFP Members of the health service of the Gabonese army after the death of a young girl of the Ebola virus in Gabon 17 December 2001
After Guinea hit by haemorrhagic fever, including that caused by the Ebola virus, which were sixty deaths since January, six suspected cases of Ebola were detected Monday in neighboring Liberia, including five deaths.
"Until this morning (Monday), six cases were detected, of which five are already dead: four women and one male child," said a statement from the Liberian Minister of Health, Walter Gwenigale, stating that the sixth case is a little girl, now "under treatment."

These people, whose nationalities were not specified, were from the south of Guinea for treatment in hospitals in northern Liberia in Lofa County, near the border, according to the minister.

These are "people who came to the funeral in Guinea and returned home" in Liberia, in a border area, said Marie-Christine Ferir responsible crises of Doctors Without Borders (MSF), in AFP in Brussels.
There are "family ties" in this region straddling the two countries, "people come to attend the funeral of one side and unfortunately they unknowingly infect and after they return home," said she said.
According to the Liberian Minister of Health, Liberian health inspectors "already investigating the situation (...), do blood tests and raise awareness among health authorities on the disease."
In Conakry, the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement that "Guinea recorded from January to March 23, a total of 87 suspected cases of viral haemorrhagic fever which 61 death ", mainly in the South.
De premi?res analyses d'?chantillons effectu?es par l'Institut Pasteur de​
Raw sample analyzes conducted by the Pasteur Institute in Lyon, France, showed that these cases of fever in the south of Guinea were due to Ebola virus causes a highly contagious fever, vomiting and diarrhea that kill in most cases...:tiphat: http://translate.google.com/transla...ects-d-ebola-detectes-au-liberia_1931510.html
 
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Marketers Urged To Be Careful Trading With Guinea
Tue, 03/25/2014 - 12:24 admin
As Ebola Virus Spreads Across Border
By:
Alvin Worzi
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[The Minister of Health and Social Welfare (MoSHW), Dr. (MD) Walter T. Gwenigale] revealed that five of six affected persons, who crossed into Liberia have died, and the sixth was being treated at a medical facility in Zorzor, Lofa County.
?Two went back and died in Guinea while the three died in Liberia and their remains were properly disposed of,? they said.
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http://www.liberianobserver.com/security-business/marketers-urged-be-careful-trading-guinea
 
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Liberia reports 11 suspected Ebola cases, five deaths
Sapa-dpa | 25 March, 2014 12:47


The cases were detected in the districts of Zorzor, Lofa and Foyah, near Liberia's northern border with Guinea, according to the health department.

"The disease is reported to be spreading along the border with Liberia, specifically in the communities and towns close to Guinea towns of Guekedou, Nzerekore, Kissidougou and Macenta," the health department's chief medical officer, Bernice Dahn, told local newspaper FrontPage Africa.

"The team is already investigating the situation, tracing contacts, collecting blood samples and sensitizing local health authorities on the disease," Dahn added.
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http://www.timeslive.co.za/africa/2014/03/25/liberia-reports-11-suspected-ebola-cases-five-deaths
 
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Source: http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/New-Ebola-cases-as-deadly-virus-affects-Liberia-20140325


New Ebola cases as deadly virus affects Liberia
2014-03-25 13:18

Monrovia - Liberian authorities on Tuesday reported 11 suspected Ebola cases and five deaths, after the deadly virus spread from neighbouring Guinea where it killed at least 59 people.

The cases were detected in the districts of Zorzor, Lofa and Foyah, near Liberia's northern border with Guinea, according to the health department.

"The disease is reported to be spreading along the border with Liberia, specifically in the communities and towns close to Guinea towns of Guekedou, Nzerekore, Kissidougou and Macenta," the health department's chief medical officer, Bernice Dahn, told local newspaper FrontPage Africa...
 
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Copy of Liberian Govt. Press Release http://www.mohsw.gov.lr/documents/res.PDF

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Ebola has now spread into Liberia, say Irish aid workers

The deadly virus has already killed more than 60 people and infected many more.

51 minutes ago

AN IRISH AID agency has confirmed that the deadly Ebola virus has spread from Guinea into the neighboring West African state of Liberia.
The report released by Plan Ireland confirms two separate cases of Ebola infection in Liberia, fuelling claims that the outbreak is becoming a regional epidemic.
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The first confirmed death in Liberia occurred in the Lofa County area, and involved a woman who had fled Guinea to seek refuge following the death of all her household members.
WHO health specialists are also investigating the death of a health worker at the border point between Foya in Liberia and Gueckedou in Guinea.
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http://www.thejournal.ie/ebola-outbreak-guinea-liberia-1380815-Mar2014/
 
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Ebola In Monrovia?
Wed, 03/26/2014 - 13:17 admin
1 Quarantined at JFK Medical Center 2 Suspected Cases Identified at Ganta Hospital
By:
Ishmael F. Menkor
The Daily Observer has been reliably learned from a credible source that one patient was on Tuesday, March 25, quarantined at the JFK Medical Center in Sinkor, Monrovia, after health practitioners noticed symptoms of the Ebola virus.
Our source, who asked not to be named, said the patient had come from one of those regions in Lofa region, where at least three confirmed Ebola deaths were reported by authorities of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in Monrovia.
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Two suspected Ebola cases were diagnosed at the Ganta United Methodist Hospital on Monday, March 24, and the patients were immediately transferred to the John F. Kennedy Hospital in Monrovia, Dr. Claude Monga, Acting Chief Medical Officer of Ganta Hospital disclosed.
Speaking to a team of journalists on Tuesday, March 25, Dr. Monga revealed the two patients were transferred because the Ganta hospital didn?t have anywhere to keep such patients.
He said one of the patients, believed to be a nine-year-old girl, was brought from Guinea and was vomiting and excreting blood, days after she was admitted at the hospital. After discovering her condition, she was immediately transferred.
He also noted the other patient didn?t vomit or excrete blood, but had been having persistent fever for the past five days and was also transferred.
Dr. Claude said Ebola?s symptoms sometimes take five to ten days before they can actually be identified.
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http://www.liberianobserver.com/health/ebola-monrovia
 
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Liberia probes Ebola-like cases

March 26 2014 at 10:13am
By Alphonso Toweh and Saliou Samb
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Health authorities in Liberia said they had now recorded eight suspected cases of Ebola, mainly in people who crossed the border from Guinea. Five of these had died but tests were still being carried out to check if the cases were indeed Ebola.
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Samples taken from those who died in Liberia had been sent to Conakry for testing, according to the Geneva-based WHO.
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http://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/liberia-probes-ebola-like-cases-1.1666415#.UzK20vldUXw
 
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March 25, 2014 Press Release on the outbreak of the EBOLA Virus at the Liberia Guinea borders
March 25, 2014
The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare wishes to inform the public that as of today (March 25, 2014), a total of eight suspected cases, with five deaths have been reported from the field to the MOHSW. Six of those suspected cases were reported during the 14th to 24th March 2014 while two additional cases were reported from Foyah District, Lofa County yesterday evening. Specimens from the two (2) additional persons were collected pending shipment to Guinea for laboratory confirmation.
http://www.mohsw.gov.lr/content_display.php?press_id=27&sub=press_release
 
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Liberia Declares Ebola Outbreak a National Emergency

<cite class="byline">By Henry Karmo, 26 March 2014
</cite>Senator Peter Coleman, chairman senate health committee explaining to his colleagues about the effect of the Disease
Monrovia - News about the possible outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in Liberia has been greeted with a great deal of seriousness by the National Legislature with both the Senate and the House of Representatives mandating their Health Committees to closely work with the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in tackling the disease.


On Tuesday during their separate regular sessions, the issue of the outbreak of the disease was discussed with consensus for collaborative efforts with the Executive Branch of government through the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in tackling the spread of the disease. Senator Peter Coleman of Grand Kru County who once served as Minister of Health of Liberia told his colleagues to take seriously the current news of the spread of the virus in Liberia by making interventions in the best interest of the population.


Senator Coleman also stressed isolation and confinement of affected persons as some of the surest ways of preventing the virus from spreading to others and the need to make a national decision in terms of the provision of funding to the national emergency efforts. Also at the House of Representatives, a communication from Representative Eugene Fallah Kparkar (CDC, Foyah District), Lofa county where there are suspected cases of the disease was read in plenary.

In the letter, Representative Kaprkar requested plenary to mandate the health committee to work in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to hasten the necessary preventive and remedial measures to protect Liberians against the deadly Ebola disease.
The Lofa lawmaker stressed the need for an urgent effort to stop the spread of the deadly disease which has the propensity of wreaking havoc on impoverished Liberians. He referenced his visit in the border City of Foyah, Lofa County, his constituency and said; he was informed that two persons who were likely diagnosed with the virus have suddenly passed out.
Representative Kparkar said:" I feel profoundly honor to express my sentiment of the highest esteem and also wish to express with utter dismay the alarming rate at which the deadly Ebola virus has begun to rage hell in Guinea. There is no doubt that this disease if not acted upon will have a spillover effect in neighboring countries."

On Monday the Health Ministry and Social Welfare announced to the public that the deadly Ebola virus that has killed more than fifty people in neighboring Guinea has been reported in the districts in Liberia. The disclosure was made by Liberia's Chief Medical Officer Dr. Bernice Dahn.
"The disease is reported to be spreading along the border with Liberia, specifically in the communities and towns close to Guinea towns of Guekedou, Nzerekore, Kissidougou and Macenta," Liberia Chief Medical Officer Dr. Bernice Dahn said.


Dr. Dahn continued:"As of this morning the 24th of March 2014, six cases have been reported of which five persons have already died, four female adults and one male child." Dr. Dahn said all the six suspected cases came from Guinea for treatment in hospitals in Foya and Zorzor districts in Lofa County."One of the suspected cases, a female child is under treatment."

The Ebola virus is often characterized by the sudden onset of fever, intense weakness, Muscle pain, headache and sore throat. This is followed by vomiting, diarrhea, rash, impaired kidney and liver function, and in some cases, both internal and external bleeding.


The Ebola virus can cause severe viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) outbreaks in humans with a case fatality rate of up to 90%. According to a statement from the Ministry of Health a team has been dispatched since Friday to investigate the situation in Lofa.:tiphat:http://allafrica.com/stories/201403260959.html
 
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[Source: ProMedMail.org, full page: (LINK). Edited.]


Published Date: 2014-03-26 22:36:51 / Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Ebola virus disease - Liberia ex Guinea: susp. alert, RFI / Archive Number: 20140326.2360265

EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE - LIBERIA ex GUINEA: SUSPECTED, ALERT, REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

A ProMED-mail post http://www.promedmail.org / ProMED-mail is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases http://www.isid.org / Date: 26 Mar 2914 / Source: The New Dawn, Liberia 25 March 2014 [edited]

http://www.thenewdawnliberia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11233:ebola-kills-five-in-lofa-health-ministry-alarms&catid=46:health&Itemid=60


Ebola kills 5 in Lofa - Health ministry alarms

At least 5 people have died in Voinjama, Lofa County in northern Liberia from the deadly Ebola virus, which reportedly broke out in neighboring Guinea recently. Confirming the deaths, authorities at the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare said here on Monday, that the deadly Ebola virus has hit Liberia.

Deputy Health Minister and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Bernice Dahn told a special news conference at the Information Ministry Monday [24 Mar 2014] that the disease was reportedly spreading along the Guinean border with Liberia, specifically in the communities and towns close to the Guinean towns of Guekedou, Nzerekore, Kissidougou and Macenta.

"As of this morning, 24 Mar 2014, 6 cases have been reported of which 5 have already died -- 4 female adults and one male child. One of the suspected cases, a female child, is currently under treatment. All the 6 suspected cases came from Guinea for treatment in hospitals in Foya and Zorzor Districts, Lofa County," Dr. Dahn told journalists.

According to her, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and partners have already dispatched an assessment team to Lofa County since Friday, 21 Mar 2014, noting that the team was already investigating the situation, tracing contacts, collecting blood samples and sensitizing local health authorities on the disease.

Dr. Dahn further explained that the assessment team took with them protective equipment, including face masks, gloves and goggles to protect health workers in affected facilities and also advise all residents of Liberia to follow the necessary essential measures to prevent the spread of the deadly virus. He said some of the country's health facilities are closer and more accessible to Guineans living on the border than those in big Guinean cities.

The Liberian Health Minister also urged people to avoid close contact with people, such as shaking hands and kissing. She added that cross-border trade is huge between the two countries, which share some cultural and linguistic ties.

The minister further stated that people can be exposed to the Ebola virus from direct physical contacts with body fluids, including blood, saliva, stool, urine, sweat of an infected person and soiled linen used by a patient, saying it can be spread through contacts with objects like needles contaminated with infected secretion.

Byline: Ben P. Wesee
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Communicated by ProMED-mail www.promedmail.org


[There is only the circumstantial evidence that these cases had been in the infected border area of Guinea and were hospitalized in Liberia with, presumably, symptoms of hemorrhagic fever. There is no mention of any Ebola positive laboratory tests, without which the report can only be considered suspected, not confirmed. A location map of Liberia is at: http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/africa/lrafrica.gif A map of Liberia showing neighbouring countries can be seen at: https://www.google.com/maps/@17.1859985,11.7678215,4z?hl=pt-BR - Mod.JW]

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‘Ebola Not In Liberia’
Thu, 03/27/2014 - 10:52 admin
Information Minister Lewis Brown, Health Ministry Back Track
By:
Alvin Worzi
With an assist from Alaskai Moore Johnson, Observer Health Correspondent

Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Lewis Brown, has stated that the deadly Ebola virus, which was suspected to be in the country after it was announced that five of six persons who crossed over from neighboring Guinea have died from the virus, does not exist in Liberia.
Speaking in an interview at his office on Capitol Hill Wednesday, March 26, Minister Brown said all of the suspected cases that were reported are not Ebola as medical research has revealed.
According to Min. Brown, “The cases reported do not confirm that these people who died or those undergoing treatment were/are infected by the Ebola virus. The patient transferred to the John F. Kennedy is doing well and the child who spent four days in the hospital [in Zorzor] is recovering.”
Minister Brown explained that the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and its partners have taken blood samples to Guinea and France for medical tests and observation. He expects results in the soonest possible time.
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This latest summersault comes after Health and Social Welfare Minister, Dr. (MD) Walter Traub Gwenigale and his Deputy Minister, Dr. (MD) Bernice Dahn, who is the Chief Medical Officer for the Republic, had told news men women at a major Monday, March 24 press conference that the deadly Ebola virus, which is reported to have killed at least 60 person in neighboring Guinea, had crossed over into Liberia.
They emphasized that as of that date—March 24—five of six persons, who crossed over to Liberia from Guinea, had died from the Ebola virus. They even further clarified that two of the five went back and died in Guinea and the three died on Liberian soil, while the sixth, a female child, was critical and being treated at a local health facility in Zorzor, Lofa County.
Min. Lewis Brown, who now denied the presence of Ebola in Liberia, was also a part of the press conference at which the Health Ministry’s authorities announced that Ebola has crossed over into Liberia from Guinea.
Meanwhile, Health Min. Gwenigale has told the Observer that no one has been quarantined at the JFK Medical Center because of Ebola.
This paper was reliably told by an insider that a patient was quarantined on Tuesday, after health practitioners at the hospital noticed symptoms of the Ebola virus. Our source said the person had come from the suspected Ebola region in Lofa County.
The Ministry of Health, in an update, dropped the number of deaths from the “suspected viral hemorrhagic fever” cases to four instead of five as it had announced earlier on Monday, March 24. However, authorities of the Health Ministry still maintain the six-person figure disclosed on Monday.
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In a related development, the management of the John F. Kennedy Medical Center has also clarified that at no time did authorities in Ganta transfer Ebola or suspected Ebola cases at the hospital as was reported by the local media.
JFK in a release said it is disappointing that others will choose to report such critical national issue without checking first with the hospital. “Management maintains that its various wards are one hundred percent free of Ebola patients and urged journalists to counter-check their stories before publication.”
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It is not clear, however, how the JFK can deny the information when the Acting Chief Medical Officer of Ganta Hospital, Dr. Claude Monga, told a team of journalists on Tuesday, March 25, that two suspected Ebola cases were diagnosed at the Ganta United Methodist Hospital on Monday, March 24.
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http://www.liberianobserver.com/health/‘ebola-not-liberia’
 
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h/t @makoto_au_japon

Liberia: 'No Ebola in Monrovia' - Diagnosis of Suspected Cases Negative
BY RODNEY D. SIEH, 27 MARCH 2014
MORE ON THIS

Confirmed health authorities in Liberia say there have been no new suspected deaths from the deadly Ebola virus since the admission early this week of four (2 in Guinea, 1 in Foya and 1 in Zorzor) reported cases.

"I can confirm to you that there has been no reported case of Ebola on admission in any of Liberia's hospitals. Samples from suspected persons have been provided to MSF in Guinea for preliminary examination. Further confirmation from the preliminary findings will be provided from Lyon, France," a source who was privy to a discussion with senior administration officials and health authorities Wednesday.
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On Wednesday, a senior health official provided the following update. "Preliminary diagnosis of the patient transferred from Ganta to JFK shows that it was not Ebola, the patient is stable and recovering. The diagnosis of the reported case at Redemption Hospital in New Kru Town showed dysentery, no vomiting and no fever. The patient was admitted over a period of four days. There is no national emergency and the borders remain opened."
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http://allafrica.com/stories/201403270695.html

Liberia: Tell the Truth About Ebola
26 MARCH 2014
Editorial

Liberians Are Petrified by news reports that the deadly Ebola virus has entered their country. Latest reports from Ganta, a commercial city in Nimba County confirmed the discovery of Ebola at the Ganta Methodist Hospital.

Pieces Of Information gathered from the county revealed that two patients reportedly infected with the Ebola Hemorrhagic disease were transferred to Monrovia from Ganta Methodist Hospital. However, the management of the John F. Kennedy Medical Center says there is no Ebola or suspected Ebola cases at the hospital.
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The People Of Liberia are simply confounded by the different types of reports and other pieces of information they are hearing concerning Ebola outbreak. Liberians are petrified because Ebola is known to have devastated the lives of citizens of Congo and other parts of Africa.

We Want Health officials to tell our people the truth about the existence of Ebola in the country so that our citizens and other residents would be in the position to take preventive measures.
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http://allafrica.com/stories/201403270773.html
 
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Ebola fear spreads - gov't says no new case
Thursday, 27 March 2014 01:46 ND Reporter

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GOL?s update on Ebola


There have been no new suspected deaths since the 4 (2 in Guinea, 1 in Foya and 1 in Zorzor) were reported
No reported case of Ebola on admission in any of Liberia?s hospitals
Samples from suspected persons have been provided to MSF in Guinea for preliminary examination. Further confirmation from the preliminary findings will be provided from Lyon, France
According to the BBC, Canadian who came from Liberia and was originally suspected of contractngi the Ebola virus has been confirmed not to have Ebola
27 persons identified to have had contacts with the suspected victims are being closely monitored by health authorities and permitted very minimal contacts with others
No reported case involving health care workers
Suspected cases from Zorzor which was initially reported on Monday involving one death and one admission at Zorzor Curran Hospital, Lofa County:
The admitted patient is steadily recovering
A death audit confirmed that the alleged case of death in Zorzor does not meet the case definition of Ebola
Patient transferred from Ganta to JFK:
Preliminary diagnosis: Not Ebola
Patient stable and recovering
Reported case at Redemption Hospital in New Kru Town:
Diagnosis: dysentery, no vomiting, no fever
Admitted over a period of 4 days
No national emergency has been declared
Borders remains opened
All measures announced and being pursued are PRECAUTIONARY
http://allafrica.com/stories/201403270847.html?viewall=1
 
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