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muriel_volestrangler

(101,322 posts)
Mon Aug 17, 2015, 01:25 PM Aug 2015

Sierra Leone records zero new Ebola infections

For the first time since the Ebola outbreak was declared in Sierra Leone, the country has recorded zero new infections.

There were no new Ebola cases reported last week according to the WHO.

At the height of the outbreak Sierra Leone was reporting more than 500 new cases a week. Last week, for the first time since May last year, there were zero new cases.
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In Sierra Leone currently:
two Ebola patients are still being treated
81 people who have been in contact with infected patients are being monitored by authorities
four contacts are currently missing, according to the World Health Organization

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-33961010

Over 11,000 people died in the outbreak, in all countries.
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Sierra Leone records zero new Ebola infections (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Aug 2015 OP
Fantastic news. KMOD Aug 2015 #1
I read the vaccine was used for the community around any outbreak & new vaccine helped a lot. Sunlei Aug 2015 #2
Wonderful! DawgHouse Aug 2015 #3

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
2. I read the vaccine was used for the community around any outbreak & new vaccine helped a lot.
Mon Aug 17, 2015, 01:30 PM
Aug 2015

Good news and very good of those who developed that new vaccine.

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