Ebola guinea
WHO: Guinea declared free of active Ebola transmission
Guinea will now enter a 90-day period of heightened surveillance to make sure new cases don’t spread.
The three were infected in Forecariah in western Guinea from the family of a woman who died of Ebola.
The WHO says it is setting up a $100 million contingency fund in case of a massive outbreak.
Liberias capital Monrovia was once at the heart of an epidemic that killed nearly 10,000 people.
Liberia’s capital Monrovia was once at the heart of an epidemic that killed nearly 10,000 people.
The standard laboratory test has a turnaround time of 12-24 hours.
Efforts to wipe out the deadly virus were being hampered by people’s mistrust of health workers.
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs denied there was any change in visa policy for West African applicants.
Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia have borne the brunt of the 20,000 infections and nearly 8,000 deaths.
The Ebola outbreak has killed over 7,900 people with more than 20,000 cases recorded.
The worst outbreak on record of the virus is still spreading in West Africa, especially in Sierra Leone.
The patient will be transferred to a high-level isolation unit in the Royal Free Hospital in London.
The virus is still spreading intensely in Sierra Leone, especially in the north and west.
The Guinea Football Federation says the side will play Morocco’s under-23 side in El Jadida on 10 January.
A Parliamentary committee has said the WHO and donors responded too slowly to the outbreak.
The death toll in West Africa has risen to 6,331 in the three worst hit countries.
The World Bank said growth estimates for the three countries hardest hit by Ebola had tumbled since October.
Graca Machel says the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has highlighted a crisis of identity on the continent.
The cost of the Ebola epidemic for Sub-Saharan Africa’s economy is likely to be closer to $3bn-$4bn.