At this time when Ebola has been declared over in Guinea, many Guinean health professionals hope that “the dark period of the epidemic has been transformed into an opportunity”.
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At a time when Ebola fever was killing tens of people per day in Guinea, the government and its partners made a decision to set up ten Ebola treatment centers to provide emergency health services.
“WHO will continue to support Liberia in its effort to prevent, detect and respond to suspected cases”, he assured.
In late March the World Health Organization said the Ebola outbreak no longer constituted an global emergency, but new cases emerged in Liberia just two days later. The most recent flare-up was traced to a woman who had been exposed to the virus in Guinea and traveled to Liberia with her children. A total of 4,800 people have been killed by the devastating illness.
The WHO has drawn biting criticism for its delayed response to the Ebola crisis and its failure to identify the outbreak.
Guinea’s health authorities have stepped up preventive strategies as well as measures to handle any potential Ebola outbreak following last week’s declaration of the end of Ebola epidemic in the country by a representative of the World Health Organization (WHO). The UN health agency warned the country to be cautious as there is a possibility that the virus could flare back up again as it can live in the survivor’s body fluids like semen and in bats for months even after being tested negative for the virus. “We don’t want our neighbourhood’s name to be attached to the outbreak”, said Bubakar Sanor, 56.
China’s economic attache to its Sierra Leone embassy announced Thursday it would help to build a tropical disease research and prevention centre in the country to strengthen West Africa’s readiness to combat Ebola and similar conditions.
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Today, there are over 10,000 survivors of the Ebola virus disease.
