News:Liberia free of Ebola

THE World Health
Organisation declared
Liberia free of Ebola on
September 3, after the
country experienced 42
transmission-free days.
The last two Ebola patients
in Liberia were discharged
after testing negative for the
virus for a second time on
July 23.
Approximately 800
samples were tested for
Ebola in the week of August
30, as surveillance in the
country continues.
A country is considered
free of Ebola when 42 days
– double the 21-day
incubation period of the
virus – has elapsed since
the last patient in isolation
became laboratory negative
for Ebola, says WHO.