No New Ebola Cases Reported Last Week: World Health Organization

Ebola outbreak in the three West African countries recorded their first week with no new cases since the outbreak of the deadly disease in March 2014.

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that no new Ebola cases were confirmed last week, marking the first full week without fresh cases of the deadly disease in a year an a half.

"No confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease were reported in the week to 4 October," WHO said in its latest situation report on the west African Ebola outbreak, pointing out that "this is the first time that a complete epidemiological week has elapsed with zero confirmed cases since March 2014."

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