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| Ebola Case in 10-Year-Old Is Confirmed in Liberia | |
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| A 10-year-old boy in Liberia has contracted Ebola, two months after the country was declared free of the virus, health officials said on Friday. | A 10-year-old boy in Liberia has contracted Ebola, two months after the country was declared free of the virus, health officials said on Friday. |
| Officials are concerned that the boy, whose family lives in the eastern Paynesville district of the capital, Monrovia, might have exposed his father, mother and siblings, who are all being tested, according to a Liberian health official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the Health Ministry had not yet made a formal statement. | Officials are concerned that the boy, whose family lives in the eastern Paynesville district of the capital, Monrovia, might have exposed his father, mother and siblings, who are all being tested, according to a Liberian health official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the Health Ministry had not yet made a formal statement. |
| The Associated Press quoted Dr. Francis N. Kateh, the country’s medical officer and acting head of its Ebola case management system, as saying of the case: “You can say confirmed.” | The Associated Press quoted Dr. Francis N. Kateh, the country’s medical officer and acting head of its Ebola case management system, as saying of the case: “You can say confirmed.” |
| The World Health Organization declared Liberia free of Ebola on May 9, but there was a resurgence of the disease the next month, sickening four people, two of whom died. The country was declared Ebola-free again on Sept. 3. | The World Health Organization declared Liberia free of Ebola on May 9, but there was a resurgence of the disease the next month, sickening four people, two of whom died. The country was declared Ebola-free again on Sept. 3. |
| In Geneva, Dr. Bruce Aylward, the World Health Organization’s special representative for the Ebola response and deputy director-general for outbreaks and health emergencies, told officials that the new case had not dimmed hopes that West African countries might be still moving toward eliminating the original outbreak. | In Geneva, Dr. Bruce Aylward, the World Health Organization’s special representative for the Ebola response and deputy director-general for outbreaks and health emergencies, told officials that the new case had not dimmed hopes that West African countries might be still moving toward eliminating the original outbreak. |
| The boy’s case appears to point to the persistence of the virus among survivors, which can result in occasional resurgence of the disease, Dr. Aylward said, adding that flare-ups are expected to be less common and to end in 2016, Aylward said. | The boy’s case appears to point to the persistence of the virus among survivors, which can result in occasional resurgence of the disease, Dr. Aylward said, adding that flare-ups are expected to be less common and to end in 2016, Aylward said. |