Geneva -The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday, that Guinea and Sierra Leone each recorded a single cases of Ebola in the past week.
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This puts a year-end goal of ending the deadly epidemic within reach, although risks remain.
WHO Assistant-Director, Bruce Aylward, said at a news briefing in Geneva that tight surveillance and tracing contacts of infected people remain crucial, and are especially challenging during the heavy rains in August.
“The progress is real as of today we have two cases in the week to Aug. 2. The epidemic has killed more than 11,000 people since December 2013, it is a realistic goal to have transmission stopped this year,” he said.
Aylward said in the previous week to July 26, there were seven confirmed cases in the two countries, which had been the lowest in the past year. (Reuters/NAN)
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