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| Dr. Francis Ketteh |
A Liberian woman has died of Ebola in a hospital in Monrovia
shortly after being admitted, becoming the sixth confirmed case of the virus
since it resurfaced last month after a seven-week lull, a senior medical
official said on Tuesday.
The victim from Montserrado County,
which contains Monrovia, is thought to be linked to the other five cases from
neighbouring Margibi County, where the disease reemerged.
Reuters report continues:
Her detection raised fears that the
infection may be spreading in a new area of the country.
"There is one new case. This
time, the response area is Montserrado County. The person died in
Monrovia," Liberia's Chief Medical Officer Dr. Francis Ketteh told
Reuters.
A health report sent to officials in
the anti-Ebola response said that the woman died a few hours after admission,
indicating that surveillance of known contacts from the earlier cases had not
been rigorous enough.
More than 11,200 people have died
from Ebola since the epidemic began in December 2013. Liberia was declared
Ebola-free on May 9 but reported a new case nearly two months later.
Health officials say the virus probably remained
latent in the country during that period and could have been reactivated by a
survivor, via sexual transmission.
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