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.

EBOLA OUTBREAK: Ebola Cases In 3 Family Members Confirmed In Liberia

Liberian health minister, Dr. Bernice Dahn

Three members of a family in Liberia have contracted Ebola, two months after the country was declared free of the virus for the second time, health officials said on Friday. The most recent outbreak, which officials are calling the fourth wave, was confirmed after a 15-year-old boy with symptoms of Ebola — including fever, weakness and bleeding — was admitted to John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Monrovia, the capital, on Tuesday, the Liberian health minister, Dr. Bernice Dahn, said at a news conference. The boy was then placed in isolation in the hospital.

Another senior health official, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the record, said the teenager was taken to the main Ebola treatment unit on Wednesday. He had started showing symptoms of Ebola last week, the official said.