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| Credits: ibtimes.co.uk |
Two more Ebola infections have been confirmed in Liberia, putting the number of recent cases at 5, as the outbreak region reported its highest weekly total since the middle of May—30—which the World Health Organization (WHO) said overshadows new gains in contact tracing and case reporting.
Health officials still haven't determined the source that triggered the spurt of cases in Liberia, which, until a 17-year-old boy's fatal infection in late June, hadn't reported a case in 3 months.
Francis Ketteh, deputy head of Liberia's Ebola response team, said tests have confirmed 2 new Ebola infections, on top of 3 previously announced cases, Reuters reported. A second response team member told the news organization that the case total in the new outbreak is at 5.
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| Ebola Situation Report as at 8th July, 2015. Credits: World Health Organization (WHO) |
The source of Liberia's new Ebola cluster is under investigation, although rumors circulating in Liberia say the 17-year-old boy and possibly others got sick after eating meat from a dead dog.
A health official in Liberia reported that tests on samples from the dog's carcass were negative cautioning however that the samples were in bad condition and that the test authorities used were intended for use on humans only.
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