The World Health Organization says the Ebola epidemic that has killed
2,811 in West Africa has been contained in Senegal and Nigeria.
The UN health agency said on Monday that Senegal had not reported any
new cases of the virus since the first case was reported on august 29,
while the last case reported in Nigeria was on September 8.
The incubation period for Ebola is 21 days and double that time must
pass without any new cases arising before a country can be deemed
transmission-free.
Both Senegal and Nigeria implemented strict measures to isolate the
virus and track down further possible cases. Guinea, Liberia and
Sierra Leone have failed to impose such steps, allowing the disease to
take hold.
The announcement came as Nigerian students prepared to return to
school after an enforced summer break because of Ebola.
The spread of the disease has threatened to undo progress made in
rebuilding Liberia and Sierra Leone after their wars of the 1990s, and
exposed the fragility of the state in Guinea.
(AIT News)
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