The number of new Ebola cases reported in the three
worst-hit countries fell to its lowest level since late June, according to WHO
today.
Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone had a combined total
of 99 new cases for the week ending January 25, the WHO said.
The total breaks down to 65 in Sierra Leone, 30 in
Guinea and four in Liberia.
The number of cases continued to fall in Liberia and
Sierra Leone, WHO said, but Guinea's figure rose from 20 confirmed cases in the
previous week.
The western district of Forecariah -- where the local
community has shown high levels of resistance to measures to limit the
disease's spread -- was the worst-affected in Guinea, with half the new cases
for the week, the report said.
The response to the Ebola epidemic has now moved to a
second phase, WHO said, "as the focus shifts from slowing transmission to
ending the epidemic.
"To achieve this goal as quickly as possible,
efforts have moved from rapidly building infrastructure to ensuring that
capacity for case finding, case management, safe burials, and community
engagement is used as effectively as possible."
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