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WHO declares end of Ebola in Sierra Leone

A MSF medical worker wearing protective clothing relays patient details behind a barrier at an MSF facility in Kailahun

Freetown - Sierra Leone has been declared free of its devastating Ebola outbreak.

Published: Sat 7 Nov 2015, 2:13 PM

Updated: Sat 7 Nov 2015, 5:25 PM

The UN's health agency said on Saturday that Ebola-ravaged Sierra Leone had beaten an outbreak that killed almost 4,000 of its people and plunged the economy into severe recession.
"Today, November 7 2015, the World Health Organization declares the end of the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone," World Health Organization (WHO) country representative Anders Nordstrom told a ceremony in the capital Freetown, to prolonged ecstatic cheers.

WHO commends the Government & people of #SierraLeone on achieving the milestone of stopping #Ebola transmission. pic.twitter.com/araeCkigVp
- WHO Sierra Leone (@WHOSierraLeone) November 7, 2015

Today #SierraLeone enters a 90-day phase (until Feb 2016) of enhanced surveillance. WHO will continue supporting https://t.co/rNGqdvPI4w
- WHO (@WHO) November 7, 2015

Today marks 42 days w/ no new #Ebola cases in #SierraLeone. The country has just been declared #Ebola-free by @WHO! pic.twitter.com/zrJkqZt5Za
- Doctors of the World (@DOTW_UK) November 7, 2015

WHO declares end of Ebola in Sierra Leone

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