A 5-year-old boy was confirmed to have an Ebola virus days after his 30-year-old mother died from the same disease. The health ministry said in an interview that the second flare-up hit West Africa recently.
World Health Organization said in a statement: "Guinea, Liberia and Sierra now have the detection and response capacities in place to effectively manage ongoing flare-ups of Ebola." It also confirmed days after West Africa was declared Ebola-free that a 30-year-old woman was diagnosed and died due to Ebola virus in Monrovia.
Monrovia's Health officials suspected that the epidemic originated in Guinea. The 30-year-old who died recently crossed the border with her 3 children and her sister, according to UPI.
The health officials of Monrovia stated that they are currently monitoring the people who had contact with the body of the woman who died because of Ebola virus. At least 46 people were identified by the health officials to had contact with the dead body after the investigation. These people are now being monitored for symptoms.
"A five-year-old boy, the son of the deceased, tested positive early on Sunday morning," Tolbert Nyenswah, Deputy Health Minister said.
Almost 11,300 people who already died because of Ebola epidemic for the past 2 years are in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
Although the World Health Organization announced the Ebola epidemic outbreak is no longer a threat in the international public health risk, there are still small flare-ups in some countries that are announced to be Ebola free.
Guinea declared new case of Ebola epidemic on March 17 just hours after Sierra Leone was announced free from the virus. Liberia closed their border with Guinea to protect their people from Ebola outbreak, according to Reuters.
It is not yet clear if whether the Ebola cases in Liberia were connected to the recent cases in Guinea.
