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Liberia on Alert for Ebola After Neighbouring Guinea Reports Outbreak

© AP Photo / Jerome DelayA child cries as community activists approach her outside her home in Liberia, a day after her mother was taken away by an ambulance to an Ebola ward,
A child cries as community activists approach her outside her home in Liberia, a day after her mother was taken away by an ambulance to an Ebola ward, - Sputnik International, 1920, 14.02.2021
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Liberia has put health agencies on alert in the wake of an Ebola outbreak in neighboring Guinea, President George Weah announced Sunday.
"The President's instruction is intended to ensure Liberia acts proactively to avoid any epidemic situation, the kind the country witnessed in 2014", a press release read.

This comes a day after Guinean Health Minister Remy Lamah said that four people had died from the hemorrhagic fever in the town of Gouecke, close to Liberia's northeastern border.

In this Sunday, July 14, 2019 photo, burial workers dressed in protective gear carry the remains of Mussa Kathembo, an Islamic scholar who had prayed over those who were sick, in Beni, Congo - Sputnik International, 1920, 14.02.2021
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The Liberian president assured the public that no case of Ebola had been found in the country and that his government was doing everything to protect the people from the virus.

Ebola can spread when people come into contact with infected blood and other body fluids. The disease is often fatal when left untreated.

Liberia saw the world’s longest and deadliest Ebola outbreak in 2014. More than 4,800 people died over the span of a year, with 300 to 400 new cases reported every week at the height of the epidemic.

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