Sierra Leone on Monday, August 24,
released its last confirmedEbola patient from hospital and began a 42-day
countdown to being declared free of the virus, a medical source said.
"Today is without doubt a
day for celebration and reflection on the thousands of lives lost during this
devastating crisis," said Sean
Casey, Regional Director for the International Medical Corps, West Africa Ebola
Response.
The world's worst known Ebola epidemic has
raged in West Africa for more than 18 months, infecting more than 28,000 people
and killing more than a third of them.
Sierra Leone confirmed its first case in May,
2014 and has since recorded the highest number of cases in the region, although
neighbouring Liberia has suffered more fatalities.
Adama Sankoh, 35, responded well to
treatment and received her second negative test result on Sunday, August 23,
before her release the following day, which was marked by a ceremony attended
by President Ernest Koroma.
Medical staff celebrated and Ebola survivors
held up signs of praise to Koroma at the International Medical Corps treatment
centre in the city of Makeni.
During
the epidemic, it ebbed only to flare back as scientists said sexual
transmission was the most likely explanation for the resurgence.
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