15-year-old Liberian boy dies from Ebola in fresh outbreak

A teenage boy has died of ebola in Liberia, the first fatality since July in one of the three west African countries hit hardest by the worst-ever outbreak of the disease.

The 15-year-old died on Monday night, said Francis Kateh, chief medical officer and acting head of Liberia’s ebola case management system.

The teenager, who lived in Liberia’s eastern Paynesville district, was the first patient in the country since it was declared ebola-free for a second time in September.