No new Ebola reported for first whole week since March 2014

A total of 11,297 are said to have died since the start of the epidemic.

“I think what needs to happen [now] is the community needs to stay involved, there needs to be coordination and collaboration, working with everyone”.

With the week leading up to October 4th, Sierra Leone has reported no Ebola cases for three consecutive weeks.

“This is the first time that a complete epidemiological week has elapsed with zero confirmed cases since March 2014”, the latest World Health Organization report update said. This is the first study conducted of Janssen’s Ebola prime-boost vaccine regimen in a West African country affected by the recent Ebola epidemic.

The study called EBOVAC-Salone will be conducted in Sierra Leone’s Kambia district and will evaluate the safety and efficacy of J&J’s vaccine in Sierra Leone’s general population including children, adolescents, people infected with HIV and those who are vulnerable to contracting the hemorrhagic disease. Liberia is doing even better. In Nigeria, which escaped the brunt of the virus, and was declared Ebola-free past year, quarantined 10 people on Thursday for coming into contact with a patient with Ebola-like symptoms. People who have come into contact with a confirmed Ebola case should be monitored daily and avoid global travel for 21 days.

A statement from the body said that “over 500 contacts remain under follow-up in Guinea, and several high-risk contacts associated with active and recently active chains of transmission in Guinea and Sierra Leone have been lost to follow-up”. It is the second time the country received the declaration, following a flare-up in June. In Guinea, the most recent case was recorded on September 27th.