Liberia calls for sexual abstinence to cut Ebola transmission risk


  • World
  • Monday, 30 Mar 2015

MONROVIA (Reuters) - Liberia called on Ebola survivors on Sunday to strictly observe a period of sexual abstinence after recovering from the disease, amid fears the country's last case may have resulted from sexual transmission.

The West African nation suffered a setback in its efforts to end a year-long outbreak of the disease earlier this month when it recorded its first new case of Ebola in several weeks.

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