Liberia reports first Ebola case

MONROVIA: Liberia said on Thursday (Friday in Manila) it was dealing with the first case of suspected Ebola to have originated within its own borders, unconnected to the epidemic raging in neighboring Guinea, as Mali also detected three suspected victims.

If confirmed, the case in Liberia’s eastern town of Tapeta would mark a worrying development in the fight against Ebola, as cases so far have been attributed to people returning with the infection from Guinea, where 84 people have died.