2 cases of deadly Ebola virus confirmed in Liberia

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MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberia’s health minister says two patients have tested positive for the deadly Ebola virus, which is already believed to have killed at least 70 people in neighboring Guinea.

Walter Gwenigale told The Associated Press late Sunday that one patient was married to a Guinean man and had returned ill from a recent trip there. She died in Lofa County.

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