WHO officially declares Sierra Leone Ebola-free

[zenitzz]

42 days have passed with no new cases reported in the West Africa country where nearly 4,000 people died of the virus

Sierra Leone has been declared free of Ebola by the World Health Organisation, prompting nationwide celebrations tinged with sadness over the 4,000 lives the virus claimed. Freetown was transformed into a giant carnival on Friday night as ecstatic crowds took to the streets of the capital in an outpouring of emotion.


Relief that the 17-month outbreak was all but over was reflected in candlelit prayers and spontaneous parties.

In a moving ceremony in Freetown on Saturday morning, the WHO’s country director, Anders Nordström, confirmed that 42 days had passed without any new cases, thereby satisfying criteria that the virus was no longer being transmitted. A speech by Yusuf Kamara, a healthcare worker who lost 16 members of his family and survived the disease himself, brought tears and a standing ovation. “For us, Ebola is not over. We need your help to treat the many, many health problems we still suffer from. And remember those who died at the hands of Ebola, and especially the children who have been affected by this outbreak,” he said

Sierra Leone’s president, Ernest Bai Koroma, has ended the state of emergency declared during the outbreak, but the country will now enter a 90-day period of heightened surveillance to make sure the virus does not return. The National Ebola Response Centre (NERC) will continue to operate until the end of the year, and the swabbing of all dead bodies for Ebola will be mandatory until June 2016.

Koroma said he was “humbled by the dedication” of 35,000 Ebola response workers “whose heroism is without parallel in the history of our country”. He praised their bravery and said the country mourned their sacrifice, adding: “The disease challenged the very foundations of our humanity.” He called on the community to halt the stigmatisation of survivors and said the focus was now on improved hygiene, healthcare and economic recovery

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/07/world-health-organisation-sierra-leone-ebola-free

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[bryant.coleman]

I don't care what the WHO says. I am not going to visit that country ever again in my life. Now things will be difficult in Sierra Leone. A large number of doctors and nurses are dead, and there is no way that the government is able to fill those vacancies. Even earlier, there was an extreme shortage of physicians in Sierra Leone. Now it is going to be worse.

[RustyNomad]

I don't care what the WHO says. I am not going to visit that country ever again in my life. Now things will be difficult in Sierra Leone. A large number of doctors and nurses are dead, and there is no way that the government is able to fill those vacancies. Even earlier, there was an extreme shortage of physicians in Sierra Leone. Now it is going to be worse.

Tend to agree, 42 days with no new cases is not enough in my opinion. Will tend to agree with them if we get to around 30 or 90 days or just to be safe make it a year. But then again, with my luck I'll arrive there right at the start of a new outbreak.

He called on the community to halt the stigmatisation of survivors and said the focus was now on improved hygiene, healthcare and economic recovery

This is the most important part. If they do not get their ducks in a row in regards to basic hygiene and health care then this is bound to happen again.

[panju1]

42 days is not enough.
We know that the ebola virus can be found in the semen of survivors for 6 months post recovery.
So everybody has to watch out. 

[bryant.coleman]

42 days is not enough.
We know that the ebola virus can be found in the semen of survivors for 6 months post recovery.
So everybody has to watch out. 

The Ebola virus has been found in the semen of survivors more than a year after their recovery, although the chances decline after around 3 months. In Liberia, there was a case recently when a women got infected of Ebola, after she had sex with a survivor of the disease. And remember the fact that safe sex is not very popular in Africa.

[panju1]

Even if Sierra Leone and Liberia have been declared Ebola free, Guinea has been not. The virus does not know national boundaries.
Until the whole region is declared Ebola-free, there can easily be another outbreak.

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[BitcoinBlackjack]

Excellent news indeed! Many communities were destroyed by Ebola...

[kydranel]

Oh come on. Declaring that doesnt really matter when there are a lot of people who died

Why not state that a cure is already a 100% percent effective?

[Ironhorse]

The World Health Organization declared by press conference and official report.

[vero]

Until africans don't change their ways and keep eating bush meat and their primordial traditions they will be always on the brink of disaster!!!!!!!!

[bryant.coleman]

Until africans don't change their ways and keep eating bush meat and their primordial traditions they will be always on the brink of disaster!!!!!!!!

I don't think that anyone will be able to change this behavior overnight. The Africans have been eating bushmeat for ages. But no one got Ebola back then. As the traditional religion was abandoned in favor of Islam and Christianity, the natives began collecting bushmeat from "no-go" or forbidden areas, and even the latest epidemic can be attributed to such incidents.

[zenitzz]

Until africans don't change their ways and keep eating bush meat and their primordial traditions they will be always on the brink of disaster!!!!!!!!

I don't think that anyone will be able to change this behavior overnight. The Africans have been eating bushmeat for ages. But no one got Ebola back then. As the traditional religion was abandoned in favor of Islam and Christianity, the natives began collecting bushmeat from "no-go" or forbidden areas, and even the latest epidemic can be attributed to such incidents.

At best, it is Ebola-contained, not Ebola-free. An active epidemic can start again at any moment as long as you have unchecked reservoirs in wildlife.

[BADecker]

Yabut, who is the WHO?

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 The WHO Chronicle noted by 1968—ten years into the WHO's viral research program—"WHO virus reference centers" had served as authorized technical advisors and suppliers of "prototype virus strains, diagnostic and reference reagents (e.g., antibodies), antigens, and cell cultures" for more than "120 laboratories in 35 different countries." Within a year of this announcement, this number increased to "592 virus laboratories.. [and] only 137 were outside Europe and North America."

Over these 12 months, the NCI and CDC helped the WHO distribute 2,514 strains of viruses, 1,888 ampoules of antisera mainly for reference purposes, 1,274 ampoules of antigens, and about 100 samples of cell cultures. More than 70,000 individual reports of virus isolations or related serological tests had been transmitted through the WHO-NCI network.

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[bryant.coleman]

At best, it is Ebola-contained, not Ebola-free. An active epidemic can start again at any moment as long as you have unchecked reservoirs in wildlife.

The population is increasing very steeply in that part of the world. So obviously there will be people cutting down the forest and encroaching it. Also, the demand for bush meat means that the poachers will venture deeper and deeper in to the forest, where the game is abundant. So unfortunately for Sierra Leone, the future is not looking that bright.

[Chronikka]

42 days....did I read that right?  It only takes 42 days between infections to declare an entire country ebola free?
 

[BADecker]

42 days....did I read that right?  It only takes 42 days between infections to declare an entire country ebola free?
 

Must be a military or economic advantage for this.   

[bryant.coleman]

42 days....did I read that right?  It only takes 42 days between infections to declare an entire country ebola free?

If someone gets infected with the Ebola virus, then he will start showing the symptoms (diarrhea, red eyes, nausea, stomach pain.etc) after one or two weeks. If no one in a region is showing any Ebola symptom for 3 continuous weeks, then that region can be considered safe. But still I don't know from where they got this 6 weeks time-frame.

[Chronikka]

42 days....did I read that right?  It only takes 42 days between infections to declare an entire country ebola free?

If someone gets infected with the Ebola virus, then he will start showing the symptoms (diarrhea, red eyes, nausea, stomach pain.etc) after one or two weeks. If no one in a region is showing any Ebola symptom for 3 continuous weeks, then that region can be considered safe. But still I don't know from where they got this 6 weeks time-frame.

You're missing the point. Nobody has reported the infection but that doesn't mean it isn't still a threat. This is Sierra Leone, not the United States. The same health standards don't apply. There are large portions of that country that don't even have reliable electricity, how are they supposed to report an infection that they might know nothing about?

[bryant.coleman]

You're missing the point. Nobody has reported the infection but that doesn't mean it isn't still a threat. This is Sierra Leone, not the United States. The same health standards don't apply

I know that. But I was referring to the WHO methodology in my previous post. The WHO will declare a country as "Ebola-free" if there are no confirmed cases for 42 days (6 weeks) on continuation. I know that this methodology is not very safe, as there were multiple incidents in Sierra Leone and Liberia where the family members hid their Ebola infected relatives from the health authorities.