Information MinisterLewis G. Brownsaid the cases transferred to the JFK were highly probable and suspected cases, meaning that there have been some familiar signs of the disease shown by the patients.
The MICAT boss made the disclosureover the weekend at the daily Ebola Hour held at the ministry in Monrovia.
According to him, since the lifting of the quarantine on the township (West Point) 17 suspected persons were taken from various homes to the Ebola holding center.
"I have a report from Dr. Mosoka Falla, he has been working since the West Point holding center was established. He works with ACF, and he has been working with the community. This report is dated September 4. Sick people in the various zones were 17, and people referred from the community to the holding center were 11.
All cases from the holding center were sent to the JFK Ebola Treatment Unit (ETU). There was a dead person picked up from the holding center on September 4 as well," Minister Brown said.
Minister Brown, who described the eradication of Ebola as a difficult fight, said there have been numerous challenges in the fight.
He pointed out that one of the key challenges has been the issue of some suspected cases leaving their areas to other places.
He further disclosed that an active case left from West Point in Monrovia to Mount Barclay in Paynesville, outside Monrovia, where she finally died.
"We understand that this person was living with other two persons in West Point, and we are trying to find those people and their possible contacts as well," said the MICAT boss.
Minister Brown also stated that another active case from the same township of West Point also migrated from her home in West Point to her mother on the Old Road.
This person, he said, was presenting the signs and symptoms of the disease and was taken to the Ebola Treatment Unit (ETU) by ambulance.
While on the Old Road, Minister Brown noted that the person in question made about 28 contacts, noting that there are efforts underway to trace those contacts.
"This person who was taken from the Old Road, we were told that her boyfriend and her mother-in-law died from the virus in West Point. We also understand that she made about 28 contacts while on the Old Road and we are tracing those contacts," he added.
