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WHO Declares Ebola Over in Senegal
Alexandra Zavis, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
GENEVA, Switzerland (The L.A. Times)—The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak over in Senegal, saying the country’s response is a good example of what to do when faced with an imported case of the deadly disease.
Senegal had only one patient, a man who contracted the virus in neighboring Guinea and arrived in the West African country by road in August.
The Senegalese government reacted quickly, identifying and monitoring 74 people who had close contact with the man, testing all suspected cases, stepping up surveillance at the country’s many entry points and conducting nationwide public awareness campaigns, the WHO said in a statement Friday.
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