Fresh Ebola outbreak claims 1 in Liberian capital

The Librarian government on Friday confirmed a new Ebola case traced to a 30-year-old woman.

In a statement made available to Xinhua in Monrovia, the nation's capital, the Ministry of Health is however encouraging the citizens not to panic in the wake of the new Ebola case.

The woman was taken to the Redemption Hospital Thursday evening, and died on arrival, the statement said in Monrovia the capital.

Her blood specimens were taken and tested positive of Ebola, the statement said.

This latest pronouncement by the ministry comes more than two months after the hemorrhagic virus that killed more 4,800 was declared over in the country.

A health official told Xinhua that the recurrence is a setback to the progress made in curtailing the virus in the West African nation.

A resurgence of Ebola in Guinean has killed seven people in the last few weeks, but it is not known if the Liberian case is linked.

The recent announcement of Ebola in Guinea prompted the Liberian government to close its border with Guinea.

The World Health Organization reported Ebola symptoms in Guinea on March 16 while at the same time it made reference to another case in neighboring Sierra Leone.

Liberia was one of three countries in the West African sub-region worst hit by the outbreak with 4,800 deaths.

The WHO in a statement said that the Ebola outbreak in West Africa no longer constituted an international emergency, voicing confidence that remaining isolated cases in the affected countries can be contained.