WHO declares Guinea Ebola free

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WHO declares Guinea Ebola free

World Health Organisation has declared Guinea Ebola free for the second time. WHO said on Wednesday, that the West African nation has been declared free of the virus.

It has been six weeks since the last confirmed Ebola patient tested negative for the virus, according to the WHO report.

The source of infection for the latest outbreak had likely been exposure to infected bodily fluid from an Ebola survivor.

After having been declared free of Ebola in December, Guinea reported seven confirmed and three probable infections in March and April.

The country now enters a 90-day period of heightened surveillance to ensure that any new cases are identified before they can spread.