Two months after
Liberia was declared free of Ebola, three confirmed cases of the deadly disease
have emerged in the West African nation.
The nation's health
ministry said a new case was confirmed Thursday, when blood samples from a
patient admitted in a hospital the same week tested positive.
Two other high-risk
contacts also tested positive, and all three are undergoing care at an Ebola treatment
center in the capital of Monrovia, the health ministry said in a statement.
More than 40 contacts
are being monitored, said Margaret Ann Harris, a spokeswoman for the World
Health Organization.
-CNN
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