Liberia reports dozens of new Ebola cases on border with Sierra Leone

Dozens of new Ebola cases have erupted in Liberia, near the border with Sierra Leone, Liberian health officials warned Monday, marking a setback amid recent improvements. The flare-up is due to a number of factors including people going in and out of Liberia and traditional practices such as the washing of bodies, said Liberia’s Assistant Health Minister Tolbert Nyenswah. Forty-nine cases were reported in in western Grand Cape Mount County between December 1 and 25, Nyenswah told state radio. Neighbouring Sierra Leone has eclipsed Liberia with more than 9,000 Ebola cases, according to the World Health Organization.

In a very small population, an increase in the number of (Ebola) cases raises high level of concerns that we need to take very seriously as people of Liberia and people of Grand Cape Mount in particular.

Liberia’s Assistant Health Minister Tolbert Nyenswah

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