Boy dies of Ebola in Liberia

Liberia has seen its first Ebola death in months. A 15-year-old boy has died from the disease, which was thought to have been cleared from the country in September.

Liberians walk pass a public tank filled with chloronated water to curb the spread of the deadly ebola virus in Monrovia, Liberia. Source: AAP

A 15-year-old boy has died of Ebola in Liberia, the first such fatality for months in a country declared free of the disease in September, chief medical officer Francis Kateh said on Tuesday.

Nathan Gbotoe tested positive last week and died late on Monday in hospital in Paynesville near the capital, where his father and brother are also being treated for Ebola, said officials.