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Liberia's
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (C) shakes hands with Tolbert Nyenswuah (R)
(Image source: nydailynews.com)
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The World Health
Organization says Liberia has been declared free of Ebola transmissions and
will be under heightened surveillance for 90 days. AP reports that the organization said
Thursday that 42 days - twice the maximum incubation period - have passed since
the second negative test of a laboratory-confirmed case.
More
than 4,800 people died in Liberia of Ebola before the country was first
declared free from transmissions on May 9. Then a post-mortem sample from a
17-year-old who died on June 28 came back positive for Ebola. Five more cases
were confirmed, including one more death from Ebola.
The
worst Ebola outbreak in history has killed more than 11,300 people overall,
hitting primarily Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
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