Just five Ebola cases left in Liberia, government says

Liberia, once the epicenter of West Africa’s deadly Ebola epidemic, has just five remaining confirmed cases of the disease, a senior health official said on Friday, highlighting the country’s success in halting new infections. The worst Ebola outbreak on record has killed more than 8,600 people in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. Earlier this year at the height of the outbreak in Liberia, hospitals without beds for new patients were forced to turn away victims and bodies were left in the streets. But a massive international response — including the deployment of hundreds of U.S. troops to build treatment centers — plus a public awareness campaign, contributed to a steep decline in infection rates.

We have five confirmed Ebola cases in Liberia as of today. It means that we are going down to zero, if everything goes well, if other people don’t get sick in other places.

Deputy Health Minister Tolbert Nyenswah, who heads Liberia’s Ebola taskforce

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