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| Ebola crisis: Liberia's new outbreak spreads | Ebola crisis: Liberia's new outbreak spreads |
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| Two more cases of Ebola have been confirmed in Liberia following the death of a teenager from the virus on Sunday, officials say. | Two more cases of Ebola have been confirmed in Liberia following the death of a teenager from the virus on Sunday, officials say. |
| The country had been declared Ebola-free more than seven weeks ago. | The country had been declared Ebola-free more than seven weeks ago. |
| Both of the new cases were in Nedowein, the same village where the boy died, the ministry of information says. | Both of the new cases were in Nedowein, the same village where the boy died, the ministry of information says. |
| Liberia's authorities quarantined the area after the teenager's death and said his funeral was carried out safely. | Liberia's authorities quarantined the area after the teenager's death and said his funeral was carried out safely. |
| Health official Cestus Tarpeh told AFP news agency that the pair had been in physical contact with the 17 year old before his death. | |
| He added that a herbalist who had treated the boy had evaded the authorities and was on the run. | |
| It is not clear how the teenager who died was infected. | |
| People are infected when they have direct contact through broken skin, or the mouth and nose, with the blood, vomit, faeces or bodily fluids of someone with Ebola. | |
| More than 11,000 people have died of the disease since December 2013, the vast majority of them in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. | More than 11,000 people have died of the disease since December 2013, the vast majority of them in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. |
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