World Health Organization Declares the End of Ebola in Guinea

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The World Health Organization recently declared Guinea free of Ebola transmission, and Guineans plan to celebrate.

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The West African country was the site where the original Ebola chain of transmission began two years ago. A menacing disease, it spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone and seven additional countries. According to the New York Times, the December 2013 Ebola outbreak led to its largest epidemic in historyโ€”taking more than 11,300 lives worldwide.ย 

WHOย notes that over 40 days have passed since the last person confirmed to have Ebola tested negative for a second time (which was after an incubation period). Further, Guinea is under a 90-day surveillance period to identify and treat new cases of the virus.

Still, WHO doctors remain hopeful.ย 

โ€œThis is the first time that all three countriesโ€”Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leoneโ€”have stopped the original chains of transmission that were responsible for starting this devastating outbreak two years ago,โ€ says Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa.

Read more at the New York Times and BBC News.

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