Ebola in Liberia

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Fears in Liberia as 15 year-old boy dies of Ebola

2 months after Liberia was declared free of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) the fatal illness has reared it’s ugly head back to the West African country.
The victim, a 15 year-old fell sick on November 14 and was admitted to hospital three days later in Monrovia. He however died yesterday. Unfortunately his parents have also tested positive to the virus. 150 people who had been in contact with the family are now being monitored.  
Carissa Guild, of Doctors Without Borders (MSF), said the recent development may be caused by complacency among health workers.
“There were no cases for a while and Liberia was nearing the end of a 90-day period of heightened surveillance … It is quite possible that people were tired and got complacent,” Guild stated.
Liberia has recorded 10,600 cases and 4,800 deaths since the outbreak. 
 Source: Aljazeera.
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17 year-old boy dies of Ebola in Liberia.

This people actually held a party to celebrate the exit of Ebola in the country. Sadly, a new case has been discovered and this news is coming 7 weeks after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Liberia free of the virus.
The patient, a 17-year-old boy died of the EVD at Margibi, near Monrovia on June 24 and was buried the next day. Officials are still trying to determine how he caught the disease.
Deputy Health Minister Tolbert Nyenswah, has however allayed fears in the citizens.
“There’s no need to panic. Our team was there yesterday June 29 to investigate the situation and know the area. But to be vigilant is good. We were vigilant. Our surveillance team is working very, very well. They have picked up this dead child from his parents’ home, tested it yesterday and the child was positive.

 We ask all Liberians and all other nationals living in Liberia to continue taking preventive measures. Please lower your blood pressure. We are on top of this. This is something we know how to deal with.”
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Bye For Good! Liberians celebrate end of Ebola (Photos)

Not a few Liberians took to the streets yesterday to celebrate the end of the Ebola Virus Disease which claimed more than 4,000 lives in the country.

This is coming few days after the World Health Organisation declared the country free of the outbreak after 42 days without a new case.

They danced, played drums and carried placards with messages like, “Thank God We Are Set Free From Ebola”, “We will always overcome” and “We are the winner”.


Credit:  BBC

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WHO declares Liberia Ebola-free

‎The World Health Organization (WHO) has finally declared Liberia free of the deadly Ebola virus. This development is coming after the country confirmed no new cases in 42 days. Over 4,000 people have died from the disease in the region, the last confirmed death was on 27 March.
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf told the BBC. “We will celebrate our communities which have taken responsibility and participated in fighting this unknown enemy and finally we’ve crossed the Rubicon. Liberia indeed is a happy nation. It has been a terrible time in the history of our country.”
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WHO has also warned that the EVD can be transmitted sexually. The organization has however urged survivors and sexual partners receive counselling. 

‎It said in a statement. “The sexual transmission of the Ebola Virus from males to females is a strong possibility, but has not yet been proven; less probable, but theoretically possible.



“Studies have shown that Ebola virus can be isolated from semen up to 82 days after symptom onset. A recent case investigation identified genetic material (RNA) from the virus by nucleic acid amplification tests (such as RT-PCR) 199 days after symptom onset.
“This is well beyond the period of virus detecting ability in the blood of survivors and long after recovery from illness.
“The detection of virus genetic material many months after symptom onset is assumed to reflect the continuing, or at least very recent, presence of live and potentially transmissible Ebola virus.”
“Ebola survivors and their sexual partners should either abstain from all types of sex or observe safe sex through correct and consistent condom use until their semen has twice tested negative.
“Having tested negative, survivors can safely resume normal sexual practices without fear of Ebola virus transmission.”

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Oh No! New case of Ebola confirmed in Liberia.

Liberia’s hopes of being certified Ebola-free by the World Health Organization (WHO) was dealt a major set back as a woman tested positive to the disease yesterday in the country’s capital.
This sad news is coming three weeks after the country discharged its last known patient, Beatrice Yardolo, from a treatment centre in Monrovia.
Liberia’s Acting Head of the Ebola Incident Management Team, Dr Francis Kateh who confirmed the incident said it has been impossible to establish how the woman became infected but the woman has been moved to the treatment centre.
Over 10,000 people have died from the fatal illness which was discovered about a year ago in Guinea., 4,283 from Liberia, 3,712 in Sierra Leone, 2,241 in Guinea and 8 in Nigeria.
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Last Ebola patient in Liberia discharged, says she's one of the happiest human beings on earth.

We can relate to that. Less than 50% of those who contracted the deadly Ebola Virus Disease in Liberia survived. The last patient of the disease in Liberia, Beatrice Yardolo is full of thanks for scaling through the fatal illness.
“I am one of the happiest human beings today on earth because it was not easy going through this situation and coming out alive,” The 58 year-old said.
Liberia has not reported new cases of the EVD for the first time since May last year. The outbreak started in December 2013, infected 23,969 lives and claimed 9,807 of them.
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New cases of Ebola identified in Liberia

This news is coming a week after Liberian President Sirleaf Ellen-Johnson declared that the treatment centre in the country had been closed. Sadly, new cases of the Ebola Virus Disease has been  identified‎ in the three communities in the western suburbs of the capital, Monrovia.
The announcement was made on  Monday by‎ Assistant Health Minister and head of Liberia’s incident management system, Tolbert Nyensuwah. Prior to this, only 2 cases were left.

The report is coming as parents and students prepare for the re-opening of schools. Nyensuwah
believes the new cases were spread by‎ some infected people refusing to seek treatment.

 He also wants government would to create a law that would  prosecute and punish anyone caught spreading the virus through negligence.


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