Liberia reports new Ebola infections - Cumulative cases 6 including 2 deaths

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Liberia confirms new Ebola case as outbreak spreads

Wed Jul 15, 2015 8:17am GMT Print | Single Page
By James Giahyue

MONROVIA (Reuters) - A Liberian woman has died of Ebola in a hospital in Monrovia shortly after being admitted, becoming the sixth confirmed case and second death since the virus resurfaced last month, a senior medical official said on Tuesday

The victim, Kebbeh Kollie, lived near the capital, Monrovia. She was the sister of Cassius Kollie, one of five Ebola cases discovered in neighbouring Margibi County, where the disease re-emerged after a seven-week lull.
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A Reuters witness saw 16 people under quarantine in the Kollie family's unfinished house next to marshland in the A.B. Tolbert community.

Her mother told Reuters that Kebbeh Kollie had been in contact with her brother Cassius when he returned to the family home to cut the grass, but he was not showing any signs of the virus then.

Cassius Kollie is one of four people being treated for Ebola at a specialised treatment unit in the ELWA hospital in Monrovia...
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http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFKCN0PP0P620150715?sp=true

 

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LIBERIA: Last Remaining Ebola Patients Recovered

Submitted by Cholo Brooks on Sun, 07/19/2015 - 13:26
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"There are no Ebola cases anywhere in Liberia as we speak," Deputy Health Minister Tolbert Nyenswah told The Associated Press.

In an interview earlier with state media, he said the four patients had recovered and would be discharged in a ceremony on Monday.

"It is still too early to say is it is over," Nyenswah cautioned in the interview, noting that 123 contacts were being monitored.
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http://www.gnnliberia.com/articles/2015/07/19/liberia-last-remaining-ebola-patients-recovered

 

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World | Mon Jul 20, 2015 12:28pm EDT Related: WORLD, AFRICA

Last four Ebola cases in Liberia discharged from clinic

MONROVIA | BY JAMES GIAHYUE

The last four cases of Ebola in Liberia were discharged from a treatment clinic in the capital of Monrovia on Monday, meaning there were no more confirmed carriers of the deadly virus in the West African country.

The group of four, released from the ELWA treatment unit to cheers and applause, were part of new wave of Ebola infections in Margibi County just outside Monrovia discovered in late June.

Two other confirmed cases have since died, including the sister of one of the released patients.
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At least 100 contacts who came into contact with the six cases and are at risk of developing symptoms will remain under surveillance into August.

...Officials said last week they were tracking a herbalist who treated the 17-year-old boy who sparked the new cases and fled to Nimba County.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/20/us-health-ebola-liberia-idUSKCN0PU1F020150720