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Liberia Probes How Latest Ebola Patient Got Infected |
From Patricia
Doyle |
| "If she has not travelled out of the country . there
is no contact, there is no source," said Dr. Francis Kateh, acting head
of the Liberia Ebola Case Management Team." "He said authorities were considering the possibility that she had a visitor from outside Liberia who infected her or that she had sex with a survivor. The Ebola virus can be found in the semen of survivors for up to three months, and health authorities recommend that survivors abstain from sex during that period." Hello Jeff... Yeah, like suggesting abstaining from sex is going to be popular with Liberians. They have no idea as to how this woman got infected. Not one word about vaccine. They are using live virus vaccines, it should be investigated to see if she had taken part in the vaccine trials in Liberia. There are several trials ongoing. The borders should have remained closed between Sierra Leone and Guinea until those countries had no cases. This is very bad news. Patty Liberia Investigates How Latest Ebola Patient Got Infected By Jonathan Faye-Layler Associated Press 3-21-15 MONROVIA, Liberia -- Liberian officials are meeting Saturday to discuss how the country's latest Ebola patient became infected, after weeks with no cases of the disease in the country. The West African nation has seen the most deaths in the Ebola outbreak, with more than 4,200 of the more than 10,000 dead across the region. Since Liberia discharged its last case on March 5, it was counting down the 42 days that a country must wait in order to be declared Ebola-free. But on Friday, officials said a new patient tested positive. In a worrying sign, she doesn't seem to be linked to any of the people on an Ebola contacts list and says she has not traveled recently to the neighboring infected countries of Sierra Leone and Guinea. "If she has not travelled out of the country . there is no contact, there is no source," said Dr. Francis Kateh, acting head of the Liberia Ebola Case Management Team. He said authorities were considering the possibility that she had a visitor from outside Liberia who infected her or that she had sex with a survivor. The Ebola virus can be found in the semen of survivors for up to three months, and health authorities recommend that survivors abstain from sex during that period. Although hopes were high that Liberia had beaten Ebola, officials know that until Sierra Leone and Guinea also stamp out the disease, Liberia will remain at risk. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/liberia-investigates-latest-ebola-patient-infected-29805278 |
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