The Minister of Information Lenn Eugene Nagbe has disclosed that James Reynold, Assistant Minister for Planning and Programming at the Ministry of Public Works, is the latest to be tested positive for the coronavirus.
This means Liberia now has seven confirmed cases.
A local media report indicated that the Minister of Public Works, Mobotu Vlah Nyepan, may have come into contact with Reynolds.
The latest confirmed case recently attended the City of Light Church of God in Bardnesville when he was already showing symptoms of COVID-19, reported further indicated.
The church in which he attended has been quarantined and the National Public Health Institute has been tracing people who came in contact with him.
Meanwhile, the National Public Health Institute has come under criticisms for refusing to disclose the identities of those recently tested positive for the virus.
Meanwhile authorities of NPHIL say stigmatization of victims in communities is the reason they have stopped naming victims.
However, some citizens in the country insist that hiding the identities of those infected could lead to more infections and could adversely impact contact tracing.
3 out of the 6 early confirmed cases are expected to be discharged from hospital shortly pending their final test result.
