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Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Guinea declared free of Ebola virus that killed over 2,500 Tuesday Dec 29,2015

Guinea was declared free of Ebola on Tuesday Dec 29,2015 after more than 2,500 people died from the virus in the West African nation, leaving Liberia as the only country still awaiting a countdown for the end of the epidemic
People in the capital, Conakry, greeted the declaration by authorities and the U.N. World Health Organisation with mixed emotions given the deaths and the damage the virus did to the economy and the country's health and education sectors

A country is declared Ebola-free 42 days after the recovery or death of the final patient and if there are no new infections

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