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| Ebola crisis: Liberia diagnosis hits disease-free hopes | Ebola crisis: Liberia diagnosis hits disease-free hopes |
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| Liberia has confirmed a new case of Ebola, undermining growing hopes in the country that it might soon be declared free of the disease. | Liberia has confirmed a new case of Ebola, undermining growing hopes in the country that it might soon be declared free of the disease. |
| There had not been a new case for 20 days until a woman tested positive on Friday in the capital, Monrovia. | |
| The World Heath Organization requires 42 days to elapse from the last known case before a country can be declared free of the virus. | The World Heath Organization requires 42 days to elapse from the last known case before a country can be declared free of the virus. |
| More than 4,000 people in Liberia have died from the disease. | More than 4,000 people in Liberia have died from the disease. |
| Liberia's Acting Head of the Ebola Incident Management Team, Dr Francis Kateh, told the BBC that a woman who was taken into a treatment centre in Monrovia on Thursday had tested positive for the virus. | |
| Dr Kateh said he was concerned that it had not been possible to establish how the woman became infected, as health workers had run out of "contacts" to pursue. | Dr Kateh said he was concerned that it had not been possible to establish how the woman became infected, as health workers had run out of "contacts" to pursue. |
| The authorities look to isolate anyone with whom a patient has been in contact and who may be carrying the disease. | The authorities look to isolate anyone with whom a patient has been in contact and who may be carrying the disease. |
| He said they now intended to investigate whether the woman had travelled abroad. | He said they now intended to investigate whether the woman had travelled abroad. |
| On 5 March, Liberia discharged its last known patient, Beatrice Yardolo, from a treatment centre in Monrovia, sparking hopes that the country might be on its way to being officially declared Ebola-free, |