GANTA, Nimba County- Regular operations have resumed at Gompa Funeral Residence following the discharge of over 20 people who had been quarantined amid fears of a suspected Ebola case.
By D Franklin Doloquee
These quarantined included employees of the Gompa Funeral Residence, passengers from a taxi that was carrying the deceased suspected of Ebola and the funeral dwelling supervisor, David Mulbeh.
The quarantine was lifted after take a look at outcomes got here again destructive; officers confirmed.
On Wednesday, September 10, 2025, the Ministry of Well being, in collaboration with the Authorities of Liberia (GoL), imposed a short lived quarantine at Gompa Funeral Residence in Ganta Metropolis, Nimba County.
This motion adopted studies of a Turkish Nationwide suspected of Ebola being transported from Maryland County, Liberia’s southeast area to Monrovia.
The Ministry of Well being and native well being authorities acted swiftly upon receiving details about the case and instantly quarantined individuals who had contact with the physique as a precautionary measure to forestall any potential outbreak.
In keeping with the Nimba County Well being Group, the Turkish nationwide, whose identification has not but been disclosed, was a crew member who reportedly died abruptly at sea close to Maryland County.
His physique was being transported to Monrovia when well being authorities in Ganta intercepted the automobile carrying the stays and flagged the incident as a possible Ebola case.
It was gathered by the Entrance Web page Africa that through the quarantine interval, the people, funeral dwelling workers, passengers and the power’s supervisor had been below shut medical supervision and monitored for any signs associated to Ebola virus illness.
Army officers from the Gbarnga Regional Hub had been deployed in Ganta to implement compliance and stop any doable unfold of an infection. Specimens from the deceased had been subsequently despatched to Monrovia for laboratory evaluation.
On Tuesday, September 10, the Nationwide Public Well being Institute of Liberia introduced that every one specimens examined at its Nationwide Reference Laboratory returned destructive for Ebola and Marburg viruses.
“To this point (tenth September 2025 at 21:00 Hrs GMT), all specimens acquired and examined by the molecular PCR technique on the Nationwide Reference Laboratory of the NPHIL have demonstrated ‘NEGATIVE’ for Ebola and Marburg. This NEGATIVE-TEST RESULT thereby guidelines out any of the indicated VHF infections in mentioned organic specimens,” mentioned NPHIL Director Normal, Dr. Dougbeh Chris Nyan.
In the meantime, NPHIL has urged the general public to stay calm, proceed observing all well being protocols, and search verified data straight from the company. It additionally reminded the general public that Liberia is at the moment responding to a number of different outbreaks, together with Mpox, Lassa fever, and Measles.
Liberia was first declared Ebola-free in Could 2015, solely to face two extra flare-ups earlier than the virus was formally declared eradicated in January 2016. The outbreak led to sweeping reforms in public well being surveillance and the creation of the Nationwide Public Well being Institute of Liberia in 2017 to enhance epidemic preparedness and response.
Since then, Liberia has confronted occasional suspected circumstances of Ebola and different viral infections, however no main outbreaks. The nation’s expertise managing the COVID-19 pandemic was additionally formed by classes from the Ebola disaster, reinforcing programs for contact tracing, quarantine, and emergency response.
