Nearly 29,000 people have been infected since the first cases were registered in December 2013.
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“No confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease were reported in the week to 4 October”, World Health Organization said in its latest situation report on the west African Ebola outbreak.
A study by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine finds that pregnant women in Sierra Leone are increasingly opting to give birth at home, citing fears that any contact with a hospital will result in them or their baby contracting Ebola.
In Guinea, more than 500 contacts continue to be followed. The Ebola outbreak began in neighboring Guinea in February 2014. An individual is not contagious until the onset of Ebola symptoms, which include fever, vomiting, and diarrhea.
Malagasy singer Denise perfoms last month in Conakry during a concert gathering artists from across Africa to celebrate Guinea reaching the final stages of its battle with the deadly Ebola epidemic. The National Ebola Response Center mentioned last week that four new circumstances are becoming treated there.
“The last mile is all about the detailed epidemiological fieldwork, which we could do once we got to those lower numbers: finding every case, going out to villages, finding each person who’s sick, and finding each one of their contacts”, he said.
Guinea’s most recent cases were recorded on 27 September.
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Sierra Leone released its last known Ebola patients on 28 September but must wait 42 days until it can be declared free of the disease.
