Wednesday, 6 January 2016

PRO/AH/EDR> Ebola update (02): WHO, monitoring, lessons, research

Ebola -- Worldwide/Unknown
No confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) were reported in the week to 3 Jan [2016]. On 29 Dec [2016], WHO declared that human-to-human transmission of Ebola virus had ended in Guinea, after the completion of 42 days with 0 cases since the last person confirmed to have EVD received a 2nd consecutive negative blood test for Ebola virus RNA. Guinea has now entered a 90-day period of heightened surveillance. Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone have all now succeeded in interrupting

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