United Nations health agency: Ebola virus transmission has been stopped in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone has been officially declared Ebola free by the World Health Organization (WHO), leading to celebrations by citizens and mining companies alike. 42 days, the two Ebola virus incubation cycles, have now passed since the last person confirmed to have Ebola virus disease had a second negative blood test.

Now, Sierra Leone will begin a 90-day “enhanced surveillance” period to make sure there are no new cases. This monitoring phase will be crucial to ensuring the early detection of Ebola cases.

President Koroma said Sierra Leone had no knowledge of this disease and at the beginning there were lots of mistakes made, but now the president says people of Sierra Leone, the health workers all know about the disease and if there is any relapse they will be able to end it quickly. Sierra Leone’s death toll was 3,955 people.

In addition, the use of rapid response teams and strong community involvement became the cornerstone of the national response strategy, continued WHO. She appealed to authorities not to forget survivors, many of whom have faced social stigma and persistent health problems.

WHO will maintain an enhanced staff presence in Sierra Leone during this transition from outbreak control, to enhanced vigilance, to the recovery of essential health services.

“The World Bank Group remains committed to supporting Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea as they work to bring this deadly epidemic to a final end, to recover and rebound”. We persevered and we have overcome the challenge that wanted to destroy our very existence in the country.

BBC reported that tourists have started heading back to Sierra Leone, with the first bas of tourists visiting the country’s beach side on Sunday.

According to Nordstrom’s organization, Sierra Leone had about half of the 28,000 documented Ebola cases tied to the recent outbreak.

“These impacts have been declining for a few time now, evidenced by October being Sierra Rutile’s highest ever month of rutile production of 13 710 t and we remain on track to meet our full year rutile production guidance”.