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Urgent: WHO declares Sierra Leone Ebola free

Xinhua, November 7, 2015 Adjust font size:

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday formally declared Sierra Leone "Ebola free."

WHO Resident Representative to Sierra Leone Anders Nordstrom made the announcement after the West African nation has gone for 42 days without recording a single case of the Ebola virus. Enditem