Liberia announces two more confirmed Ebola cases

[WorldNews]

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Liberia said Wednesday a teenager who died of Ebola fever had spread the virus to at least two more people, confirming the first outbreak of the tropical disease for months. Health official Cestus Tarpeh told AFP the pair had been in physical contact with the 17-year-old before his death in a village near the country's international airport, around an hour's drive southeast of Monrovia. "We are still waiting for more results of blood tests," said Tarpeh, a spokesman for the health department in Margibi County, adding that a herbalist who had treated the boy had evaded the authorities and was on the run.

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