Tuesday 23 September 2014

Nigeria, Senegal have contained Ebola – WHO

The World Health Organisation on Monday declared that the Ebola Virus Disease had been “pretty much contained” in Nigeria and Senegal.

A statement by the organisation’s regional office for Africa said there had been no new confirmed cases in the two countries since the first case was identified in Senegal on August 29 and Nigeria’s last case reported on September 8.
“On the whole, the outbreaks in Senegal and Nigeria are pretty much contained,” the global health body said.

According to the WHO, there have been 5,833 cases reported in West Africa with 2,833 deaths so far.

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