World Health Organisation on Wednesday has declared Guinea free of active
Ebola virus transmission.
The proclamation was made because the person with Guinea's last
confirmed case tested negative for the second time more than 42 days ago.
Guinea will now enter a 90-day period of heightened surveillance to make
sure of the identification of any new cases before they spread to others.
In the most recent outbreak, seven confirmed and three possible cases of
the virus surfaced between March 17 and April 6. At least five people died.
However, WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier said on Tuesday that the
organisation was confident that affected countries were prepared and could deal
with flare-ups efficiently.
Guinea is believed to be where the world's worst Ebola outbreak
occurred, spanning three countries primarily and killing 11,310 people. It
first declared itself free of transmission in December.
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