There′s been a huge step forward in the global fight against Ebola.
Liberia,… one of the West African countries hit hardest by the virus, has been declared Ebola-free by the World Health Organization,… after six weeks of no new cases.
In a statement Saturday,… the WHO said interruption of transmission in the country was a monumental achievement.
At the height of the outbreak last August and September,… Liberia was reporting around four-hundred new cases a week.
The Ebola outbreak has killed over eleven-thousand people in West Africa, and remains active in Guinea and Sierra Leone,… although the number of new cases has been falling.
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