But he stresses that the transmission route, particularly in the case of this 10- year-old boy, may not be sexual.
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Ebola has been contracted by three members of a family in Liberia, two months after the country was declared free of the virus for the second time, health officials said on Friday.
All six family members, as well as other high risk contacts, are in care at an Ebola Treatment Unit in Paynesville, she said.
After attending school Monday and Tuesday, the boy was admitted to a hospital and was transported to an Ebola treatment unit Wednesday, the official said.
It is a big shock for Liberia as it was officially announced Ebola-free.
Ms Holm also said the recent experience with the 2014 Ebola outbreak provided a justification for an Open Data system.
The teenager’s test came back positive on Thursday, as did tests on Friday for his father and a brother, the official said, adding that at least seven healthcare workers may have treated the teenager without the protective equipment essential for Ebola cases.
Bruce Aylward, in charge of the Ebola response for the UN World Health Organization, says this is likely to be a fresh case of the disease appearing, as the patient did not have any contact with anyone infected with Ebola.
“The fight against Ebola is not over, but we must not lose hope and continue the practices we used to beat Ebola before”.
The outbreak, which started in December 2013, killed roughly 11,300 people in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, but was thought to have been beaten for the most part.
Since the beginning of the outbreak, Liberia has registered more than 10,600 cases and 4,808 deaths, according to the latest report from the United Nations health agency published earlier this week.
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This is the fourth wave of the Ebola Virus in the country, months after the country was declared free of the disease.
