New cases of Ebola have been detected in Liberia, nearly two months after the West African country was declared free of the virus.<br /><br /> The authorities are monitoring at least 100 people thought to have been in contact with a 17-year-old boy, Abraham Memaigar, who died on Sunday in Margibi County, about 50 kilometres east of the capital Monrovia. He had originally been misdiagnosed with malaria.<br /><br /> Health officials are quoted as saying two more cases were identified on Wednesday, raising fears that hidden pockets of the virus may remain.<br /><br /> In the village of Nedowein, the dead teenager’s home has been placed under quarantine and health officials wearing boots and rubber gloves went house-to-house confining people to their homes.<br /><br /> A health authority spokesman in Margibi County, Cestus Tarpeh, told the AFP news agency that the two new cases had been in contact with the boy.<br /><br /> Dr Moses Massaquoi, case management team leader for Liberia’s Ebola task force, said that the people under surveillan
