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Hurray! WHO declares Liberia Ebola free

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The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday declared Liberia free of the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease.

The declaration comes after no new case was reported in the last 42 days. Over 4,700 deaths were recorded from ebola in Liberia, making it one of the worst hit countries by the virus.

According to the WHO, Liberia’s last case was a woman in the greater Monrovia area who developed symptoms on March 20 and died on March 27.

The organisation stated further that the source of her infection was under investigation and that the 332 people who might have been exposed to the patient were identified and closely monitored.

The global health body however urged the Liberian government to remain on “high alert” in view of the continued outbreaks of the EVD in Guinea and Sierra Leone.

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