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WHO Declares Liberian Ebola Outbreak Over
The Washington Post reports that after 42 days with no new cases of Ebola infection in Liberia, the World Health Organization has declared over the outbreak which killed more than 4,000 people in that country; 42 days means twice the known maximum incubation period for the disease, though scientists' understanding of the virus's persistence continues to evolve. From the WHO's statement: Health officials have maintained a high level of vigilance for new cases. During April, the country’s 5 dedicated Ebola laboratories tested around 300 samples every week. All test results were negative.
While WHO is confident that Liberia has interrupted transmission, outbreaks persist in neighbouring Guinea and Sierra Leone, creating a high risk that infected people may cross into Liberia over the region’s exceptionally porous borders.
While WHO is confident that Liberia has interrupted transmission, outbreaks persist in neighbouring Guinea and Sierra Leone, creating a high risk that infected people may cross into Liberia over the region’s exceptionally porous borders.
That's really great news for Liberia. Thanks are due to all of the brave Liberians who worked tirelessly to control and treat this outbreak.
Cool, I was just about to visit when the ebola thing happened, so now I have no excuse.
The end of the Ebola Outbreak is in the eye of the beholder.
I DON'T KNOW!
#2 like Bono!
Of all the doctors and nurses who treated the ebola patients?
sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/08/...
Chas - The one, the only.
THANK GOD!!!
According to the USA media, this hasn't been an issue since November 4th. Up until then, it was a huge panic that was an imminent threat the the United States. Then the threat passed, and we went back to ignoring it with the rest of Africa.
did they check eyeballs?
What's next, I Don't Know.
Is it time to back to the previous slashdot threads and find all the predictions idiots were making of the majority of humanity being wiped out, the disease becoming entrenched in the US and taking out huge chunks of our population, and so on?
Because those were all over the place.
Not that the epidemic was anything very pleasant mind you. But some people were just off their rocker.
That's ok, I read the one ("continues to evolve") in the TFS.
Liberians stepped up, but don't leave out other medical professionals from all over the world who also contributed.
The war on zombies has just begun!!
And thanks to DR. WHO!
...but I'm not entirely convinced.
10,564 cases and 4,716 deaths, not something you sweep under the rug in a few months. Incubation times of the virus is still not confirmed.
As far as I can remember, I heard that a lot of Africans were ashamed to go and check if they had the virus, a lot of them were suspicious of the health care workers and thought they would be injected with the virus from them, this kept a lot of them from going and getting themselves checked out.
Furthermore, an outbreak of this magnitude just doesn't vanish just like that, they've either invented a very effective vaccine or there's something someone isn't telling the rest of the world here.
What this world is coming to - is for you and me to decide.
Oh, well...