Months of declining cases have fed hopes that the Ebola outbreak might finally be ending. “There are now 10 times fewer people diagnosed with Ebola each week than there were in September last year,” said Dr. David Nabarro, the United Nation’s special envoy on the Ebola crisis.
Months of declining cases have fed hopes that the Ebola outbreak might finally be ending. “There are now 10 times fewer people diagnosed with Ebola each week than there were in September last year,” said Dr. David Nabarro, the United Nation’s special envoy on the Ebola crisis.
The number of new Ebola cases fell rapidly in December and January, but officials with the United Nations and the World Health Organization cautioned that ending the outbreak entirely would be extremely difficult.
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Trying to Get to Zero
Some new patients in northern Guinea have traveled long distances after being infected, which has made case tracking more difficult. Health officials have focused on areas where Ebola is more active, like the belt around Conakry in Guinea and the district of Pork Loko in Sierra Leone.
Source: World Health Organization
