Sierra Leone releases last known Ebola patient from hospital

Before discharging Adama Sankoh in a very prestigious ceremony witnessed by the global community together with residents of the community, President Koroma cautioned his audience against complacency noting that it is not because the last Ebola patient has been discharged means Ebola is finished.

If Sierra Leone is declared free from of Ebola the only country left which still carries a threat of the disease will be Guinea.

Sierra Leone was one of the three West African countries hardest hit by Ebola, accounting for half of the about 27,900 people who were infected by the virus and almost a third of the 11,284 killed in the biggest Ebola outbreak on record, according to the World Health Organisation.

Eye issues have been famous in some survivors of Ebola outbreaks in Congo in 1995, in Uganda’s Gulu district in 2000 and in Uganda’s Bundibugyo district in 2007.

Mr Tunis said President Koroma will be visiting the centre to discharge the last patient today Monday so that the count down will start that to declare the country free of ebola. They will continue to be monitored until the end of the week in case they develop symptoms.

He stated that since Ebola struck 486 days ago, August 25 will see the countdown to the 42 days incubation period. In neighbouring Liberia, new cases were detected almost two months after the country was declared free of the virus in May.

Guinea, where the epidemic began at the end of 2013, is still grappling with a small number of cases.

Lab technician Mohamed SK Sesay was working at a hospital in Kenema, a city in japanese Sierra Leone, testing blood samples for Ebola when he fell sick with the virus.

Hundreds of millions of dollars have been poured into dealing with the Ebola outbreak. Chan said that in many countries, it is exclusively up to their respective health ministries to ensure that capacity requirements of the IHR are met, rather than an interdepartmental approach between related ministries and departments. She famous that Liberia’s health-care system is damaged and lots of survivors lack operating water and electrical energy of their houses, making their restoration extra arduous than that of survivors within the West.

Dr Anders Nordström, WHO Representative in Sierra Leone said “This is an important milestone for Sierra Leone”.

Earlier this year, Libya was declared free of Ebola by WHO.