Monday, November 23, 2015

Ebola Crisis: Liberia Seeks US Help


The United States has agreed to send two experts to Liberia to help investigate the sequence of Ebola outbreaks in the West African nation, Liberia's chief medical officer Francis Kateh has told the BBC. The country reported three new cases on Friday, less than three months after it was declared free of the deadly virus by the World Health Organization.

The West African nation was first declared Ebola-free on 9 May, but new cases emerged in June resulting in two deaths. It was declared free of the virus again on 3 September.

Liberia has seen more than 10,000 Ebola cases and more than 4,000 deaths. since the outbreak in March last year.
Radio and television stations have resumed broadcasting Ebola awareness messages.

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