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WHO declares outbreak in West Africa over
On 14 January 2016, the WHO declared the outbreak of Ebola virus infection in West Africa over. They note that more flare-ups are expected and that strong surveillance and response systems will be critical to keeping these under control.
Source: WHO media release 14 January 2016 (www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2016/ebola-zero-liberia/en/).
West Africa
Source: WHO situation summary 20 January 2016. Data as of 17 January 2016 Sierra Leone.
| Country | Clinical cases | Confirmed cases | Deaths | Health care worker clinical cases^ | Increase in clinical cases since previous report | Increase in confirmed cases since previous report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
‡ A single deceased case was reported on 14 January 2016. #Outbreak declared over 14 January 2016. *Outbreak declared over 9 May 2015. First new case detected 29 June 2015. †Outbreak declared over on 3 September 2015. #Outbreak declared over 7 November 2015. ^The single case in the United Kingdom who recovered in January 2015 was hospitalised on 6 October 2015 with late complications of Ebola. The reported number of deaths is likely to be an underestimate of the true number of cases that are fatal, due to the delay between onset and outcome, and a lack of follow-up of the outcome. These numbers are subject to change due to ongoing reclassification, retrospective investigation and availability of laboratory results. Refer to the WHO website for the latest information. | ||||||
| Countries with widespread and intense transmission | ||||||
Nil |
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| Countries with imported cases or limited transmission | ||||||
Sierra Leone‡ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Previously affected countries | ||||||
Guinea |
3,804 |
3,351 |
2,536 |
196 |
-3 |
0 |
Italy |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Liberia* as of 9 May 2015 |
10,666 |
3,151 |
4,806 |
378 |
0 |
0 |
Liberia† as of 22 July 2015 |
6 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Liberia# as of 14 January 2016 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Mali |
8 |
7 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Nigeria |
20 |
19 |
8 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
Senegal |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Sierra Leone |
14,122 |
8,704 |
3,955 |
307 |
0 |
0 |
Spain |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
United Kingdom^ |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
United States of America |
4 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
Total |
28,637 |
15,250 |
11,316 |
900 |
-0 |
1 |