Health authorities: one confirmed Ebola case in Liberia

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Monrovia, Safar 08, 1437, November 20, 2015, SPA -- Health authorities are reporting one confirmed Ebola case, a 10-year boy who is currently being attended to at the treatment center on the outskirts of Monrovia, the capital, AP reported. Liberia was first declared Ebola-free on May 9, but there was a resurgence of the disease in late June affecting four people, two of whom died. The country was again declared Ebola-free on Sept. 3 by the World Health Organization. Chief Medical Officer and acting head of the Ebola Case Management System, Dr. Francis Kateh, told The Associated Press on Friday the boy, a resident of the eastern Paynesville district of Monrovia, was taken to the Ebola treatment unit late Thursday. --SPA 16:51 LOCAL TIME 13:51 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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