By Forkpayea Taylor|LPR News, Monrovia
Health authorities in Liberia say the country has not experienced no new confirm corona virus case since confirming the previous two confirmed cases involving Dr. Nathaniel Blama, the Head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), who recently returned from Switzerland.
Liberia second case Johnny Phillips, the domestic worker of his along with his boss Nathaniel Blama are said to be in stable condition.
Addressing a press conference on Thursday, March 19 at the Ministry of Health in Congo Town, Monrovia, the acting head of the National Public Health Institute of
(NPHIL) Dr. Mosoka Fallah said: “Blama and his domestic worker, Philips are the two cases so far and are being monitored frequently.
He said Liberia would continue to build a responsive and resilient health force to combat and eradicate the virus.
Dr. Fallah said that health workers are working tirelessly to contain the widespread of the virus in Liberia.
He disclosed that over the last 48 hours, there have been 144 contact traces, and of that number, 21 are serious contact traces of Mr. Blama, adding 17 of the 21 contacts traces have been tested with 16 of them being negative while one of the contacts is indeterminate and would be reexamined.
The NPHIL boss further said in other to protect the population of Liberia, and contain the rigorous fight against the virus, the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL) has moved the high-risk contacts to a secure environment – that all of the contacts of patient zero are now quarantined at the 14 Military Hospital.
Dr. Fallah stated that Liberia has taken into consideration the three early measures that have been recommended by health experts across the globe, which he says include early reporting, isolation diagnosis, and early treatment.
Meanwhile the government of Liberia is warning all officials to straightly adhere to the health protocol.
Information Minister Eugene Nagbe said officials of the Liberian government risks being dismissed if caught violating health protocols set aside by health authorities as means of combating the COVID-19 that hit the country on March 16, 2020.
