A Liberian doctor has died despite
taking an experimental anti-Ebola drug, Liberia's information minister says.
Abraham Borbor was one of three doctors in Liberia who had been given ZMapp and were showing signs of recovery.
ZMapp has been credited with helping several patients recover, including two US doctors.
More than 1,400 people have died from Ebola this year in four West African countries - Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
Dr Borbor "was showing signs of improvement but yesterday (Sunday) he took a turn for the worse," Liberian Information Minister Lewis Brown told the BBC.
"What this means for the drugs, I don't know," the minister added, without giving further details.
It is believed Dr Borbor died in the capital Monrovia. He was the deputy chief medical doctor at the country's largest hospital.
Liberia has recently imposed a quarantine in parts of Monrovia to try to stop the spread of the virus.
Last Thursday, police fired live rounds and tear gas during protests among residents of the city's West Point slum.
Liberia has seen the most deaths - more than 570 - in what is now the worst Ebola outbreak in history.
Fruit bats, a delicacy for some West Africans, are considered to be virus's natural host
Abraham Borbor was one of three doctors in Liberia who had been given ZMapp and were showing signs of recovery.
ZMapp has been credited with helping several patients recover, including two US doctors.
More than 1,400 people have died from Ebola this year in four West African countries - Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
Dr Borbor "was showing signs of improvement but yesterday (Sunday) he took a turn for the worse," Liberian Information Minister Lewis Brown told the BBC.
"What this means for the drugs, I don't know," the minister added, without giving further details.
It is believed Dr Borbor died in the capital Monrovia. He was the deputy chief medical doctor at the country's largest hospital.
Liberia has recently imposed a quarantine in parts of Monrovia to try to stop the spread of the virus.
Last Thursday, police fired live rounds and tear gas during protests among residents of the city's West Point slum.
Liberia has seen the most deaths - more than 570 - in what is now the worst Ebola outbreak in history.
Fruit bats, a delicacy for some West Africans, are considered to be virus's natural host
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