IPNews-Monrovia:Liberia has recorded it’s second COVID-19 Case as day after EPA Executive Director, Nathaniel Blama was diagnosed .

The government in a release this morning announced that the second Liberian has been tested positive for the Coronavirus disease.

The new case, Johnny Phillips, is a domestic worker in the home of Nathaniel Blama, the suspended head of the Environmental Protection Agency who earlier tested positive for the disease.

The release stated that Health workers have determined that Phillips was a primary contact of Mr. Blama when he returned to his residence.

The government of Liberia says they are continuing to trace and test several primary and secondary persons who he might have come in contact with. This exercise is continuing rigorously.

The government further urges all to continue to observe the health protocols that have been put in place by the Ministry of Health and the National Public Health Institute.

Meanwhile the Incident Management Team meets today (March 17), following which there will be additional measures put in place to curtail transmission of the diseas and provide regular updates to the public. The release concluded .