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World Health Organisation declares Liberia free of Ebola

World Health Organisation declares Liberia free of Ebola

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rick Brennan, WHO director of emergency risk assessment and humanitarian response, speaks during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, on Thursday, January 14, 2016. Photo: AP

GENEVA: The World Health Organisation has formally announced the end of the Ebola outbreak in Liberia, joining Sierra Leone and Guinea — the epicenters of the latest outbreak — as Ebola-free. WHO director Rick Brennan, director emergency risk assessment and humanitarian response, said Thursday was 'a good day, an important day' thanks to the announcement. Brennan noted a 'general acknowledgment' that WHO was slow to react at the start of the outbreak, which has left some 11,000 people dead.