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 The deaths occurred since Feb. 29, while Liberia was declared free
of new transmissions of the virus in January.
"We have ordered the border with Guinea closed with immediate
effect. The border will remain closed until the situation in Guinea
improves," Nangbe told Reuters.
"We are not taking any chance at all," he said.
A team of medics with protective gear had been sent to the border to
improve surveillance.
The hemorrhagic fever has killed about 11,300 people in the two
countries plus Sierra Leone since late 2013 and it caused global
alarm in 2014 as governments and health agencies rushed to help
contain the outbreak.
New cases have dwindled virtually to zero but the U.N. World Health
Organization warns of flare-ups, or emerging clusters, of new cases.
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(Reporting by Alphonso Toweh; Writing by Matthew Mpoke Bigg; Editing
by Angus MacSwan)
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