The deaths have prompted a renewed effort to communicate the causes of Ebola infection to the public.
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The Chief Medical Officer, who is head of the Incident Management System or IMS, said the IMS has written all County Health Officers across the country, urging them to be on the alert as well as intensify surveillance against the virus.
The woman in her 20s died on July 12 shortly after she was diagnosed with the disease.
Three other confirmed cases are being treated in Monrovia.
The IMC is one of a handful of of worldwide non-governmental organisations still treating Ebola patients in west Africa, with almost 1,550 staff working on the ground in the country and in neighbouring Guinea and Liberia.
The strain that resurfaced in Liberia does not appear to be genetically similar to those in Sierra Leona and Guinea, suggesting the new infections are not the result of cross-border contamination.
The two Liberian deaths from the virus are first since May, when the number of new virus cases sharply declined. Until mid-July, various confirmed Ebola cases were reported, with most cases originating from Conakry and Freetown. President Obama deployed almost 3,000 US troops there a year ago to build Ebola treatment clinics, train staff and conduct laboratory diagnostic tests.
Liberia was declared Ebola free on May 9 after not reporting any additional cases for the World Health Organization mandated 42 day period.
The worst-known Ebola epidemic in history has killed more than 11,200 people, mostly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
The decision by the LFA came after Liberia recently recorded new Ebola cases just months after they were declared an Ebola free state.
Ebola burial teams in Sierra Leone are extorting money from families of the bereaved to give the dead safe burials, a senior health official said, leading to an increase in illegal funerals.
The variant that killed him was actually the same as the one in the 2014 outbreak.
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The virus can stay in the body for months after symptoms end and doctors believe it may be possible to still infect someone else via bodily fluids.
