Ebola death recorded in Liberia

Liberia has released a statement saying a 30-year old woman died of the disease on Thursday. This is coming months after the country had been declared Ebola free.

It was reported that the woman had been ill but she died on her way to a hospital in the capital Monrovia.

The health ministry urged citizens not to panic, that they are investigating the source of the new case and also the people who have come in contact with the deceased.

Liberia was declared free of Ebola in January but their neighbours, Guinea who were also free of Ebola recorded new cases of the disease on March 7th 2016.

Liberia closed it’s borders with Guinea after the announcement, but it is not entirely clear whether the new case in Liberia is linked with the new cases recorded in Guinea.