Just a duo of days afterreportingon Liberia ’s first case of the deadly Ebola computer virus since the country was declared liberal of the disease , authorities have confirmed a third new case . These refreshful cases have lift fears of another outbreak , but health authorities and economic aid brass insist that they are now better inclined to prevent the computer virus from spread further .
Liberian authorities are currently monitor 175 people who have come into impinging with the three case . The World Health Organization ( WHO ) ask this bit to uprise as the investigation continues , theAssociated Pressreports .
The first new casing was 17 - class - one-time Abraham Memaigar , whose death was announce earlier this workweek . Memaigar first visit a local health quickness and was misdiagnosed with Malaria and discharge . He buy the farm a week later and postmortem tests confirmed that it was due to Ebola . He received a safe burial the same day . A neighbor later tested positive for the virus .
“ We have , as of yesterday , three confirmed cases . One expired , who was the 17 - year - honest-to-goodness boy … The two live cases are 24 age old and 27 days old . They are stable , ” Deputy Health Minister Tolbert Nyenswah say on Thursday , Reutersreports .
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf insisted that there was “ no demand to panic ” as she ’s confident health official will be able to bestow the situation under control . Sirleaf recount Reuters that the disease “ will be contained . ”
The WHO is looking into the inception of the infection , which stay unclear . Memaigar ’s case has mystify self-assurance as he had no late story of travel , did n’t attend any funeral and had no contact with visitors from affected field .
The UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response ( UNMEER ) urged everyone to stay “ vigilant ” in astatement . “ We must stay focused until we reach zero cases . The Ebola eruption in West Africa is not over . We must stay engaged until the Book of Job is done . ”
None of the new victims are thought to have travelled to Ebola - affected countries Guinea or Liberia . Some wellness worker surmise that there are hidden stay hotspots to which official have not paid attention .
Dr Philip Ireland , from the John F Kennedy Medical Centre , who is also an Ebola survivor , toldABC : “ This might mean that there is a reservoir of Ebola in animals that we have not been paying attending to . It could pop out up anywhere . ”
Image deferred payment : The battle against Ebola in West Africa . European Commission / Flickr .
