More than a month after the World Health Organization declared Liberia free of Ebola, the corpse of a 17-year-old tested positive for the virus.
WHO made the announcement after 42 days passed without a case of Ebola being reported. Since the teen's death on June 24, no other cases have been reported, Tolbert Nyenswah, the country's deputy health minister and head of the Ebola response team, told The Associated Press. "We have said over and over again there was possibility that there could be a resurgence of the virus in Liberia," Nyenswah said. "But our surveillance teams, our capacity is very strong."
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