New case destroys Liberian hopes of being Ebola-free

  • 2/5/2023
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Monrovia, Jumada II 02, 1436, March 22, 2015, SPA -- Liberia pulled out all the stops Saturday to track down anyone who might have come into contact with the country's latest confirmed Ebola patient, according to dpa. The most recent case, confirmed by medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) late on Friday, destroyed hopes that the West African nation might soon be declared free of the virus. Liberia had not reported a new case for 27 days. The last Ebola patient was discharged more than two weeks ago. As the incubation period of the deadly virus is 21 days, the World Health Organization (WHO) requires a country to show that no new case has been reported for 42 days before officially declaring it Ebola free. --SPA 14:08 LOCAL TIME 11:08 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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