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Two new cases of Ebola have emerged from the same Liberian community where the virus resurged the other week, the acting head of the country's Ebola Case Management Team said Thursday.
Dr. Francis Kateh said the number of confirmed Ebola cases has risen to five, including the 17-year-old teen who died of the disease on June 28. The latest patients, a boy and a girl, were brought to a treatment center Wednesday from the same Nedowein community where the teen died.
All four confirmed patients are at a treatment center near Monrovia, Dr. Kateh said.
He said 120 people have been quarantined, and that 14 who are considered active "high risk" contacts are being monitored.
The newest patients, a boy and a girl, were brought on Thursday from the same area.
All the new patients have now been admitted at a treatment centre near Monrovia, according to Dr Francis Kateh of the Ebola response team:
The doctor said 120 people have been quarantined as a result of the new infections, 14 of them are active “high risk” contacts and they are being monitored.
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