1 new Ebola case confirmed in Liberia

Liberia which was previously declared free of the disease, today health Authorities have confirmed a fresh case of Ebola in a 10-year-old boy.

The boy is currently being seen by medics at the treatment center on the outskirts of the capital Monrovia.

Chief Medical Officer and acting head of the Ebola Case Management System, Dr. Francis Kateh, told The Associated Press on Friday the boy, a resident of the eastern Paynesville district of Monrovia, was taken to the Ebola treatment unit late Thursday.

"Yes, yes, you can say confirmed," he said, when asked if the case has been confirmed to be Ebola.