Liberia's Minister of Transport, Angela Cassell-Bush, has voluntarily submitted herself for quarantine after her driver, Nimene Sumo, died of the Ebola virus.
Deputy Information Minister for Public Affairs, Isaac Jackson, disclosed this to reporters in Monrovia, the nation's capital city during a regular press conference Tuesday.
Jackson described the report that Minister Cassell-Bush has been infected with the Ebola virus as "false and misleading", Xinhua reported.
A transport ministry press statement issued Tuesday also clarified that the late Sumo, a driver directly assigned to the minister, made no contact with her since his last day at work Oct 3.
Jackson said Cassell-Bush decided to voluntarily isolate herself for a period of 21 days as a matter of precaution.
Similarly, the ministry of transport has requested the ministry of health to decontaminate the entire building of the ministry of transport with immediate effect.
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The ministry has also called on officials and employees who may have interacted with the late Sumo to remain home for 21 days to observe their health condition.
Meanwhile, Information Minister Lewis G. Brown told reporters that the Chief Medical Officer, Bernice Dahn, who was quarantined for 21 days following the death of her administrative assistant from the Ebola virus, has been released.