The Ebola Virus has returned to Liberia again. A body of a dead Liberian man has tested positive for Ebola. this is the first reported case since the country was declared Ebola free.
The deputy health minister Tolbert Nyenswah said the tests confirmed that the 17-year-old man, from a town near the main airport, had died of the disease.
Investigations are ongoing to find how the man contracted the virus.
Liberia was declared free of Ebola six weeks ago, following the deadliest outbreak in the disease's history.
The countries has curbed the spread of the disease - but the number of new cases has risen recently, with the start of the rainy season in West Africa.
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