Question: When did the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared Guinea Ebola-free?
(a) 25 December 2015
(b) 24 December 2015
(c) 29 December 2015
(d) 20 December 2015
Ans (c)
Related facts:
- The World Health Organization (WHO) on 29 December 2015 declared the end of Ebola virus transmission in the Republic of Guinea.
- The organization took the decision after observing that 42 days have passed since the last person confirmed to have Ebola virus disease and tested negative now.
- This is for the first time that all three South African countries Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone have stopped the original chains of transmission that were responsible for starting this devastating outbreak.
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