Ebola Outbreak - Update
There were no new cases of Ebola reported in West Africa in the week ending last Sunday, making it the first week since March 2014 with zero cases recorded in the three countries most affected by the outbreak, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which cautioned that there remains a near-term risk of new cases.
WHO, in its latest update ending on Sunday, 4 October, stated that no new cases were reported in Guinea and Sierra Leone. Liberia was declared free of Ebola virus transmission in the human population on 3 September 2015.
To date, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has resulted in more than 11,000 deaths.
In Nigeria, authorities have vehemently denied claims of an Ebola outbreak in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria.
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