The last known Ebola patient in Guinea, a 21-day-old baby girl, has recovered at a treatment centre in the capital, Conakry, health officials say.<\/p>\n
A spokesman for Guinea’s Ebola co-ordination unit said two tests on the baby had been negative.<\/p>\n
Guinea will be declared officially free of Ebola if no new cases are reported in the next six weeks.<\/p>\n
The epidemic, which began in Guinea, has killed more than 11,000 people in West Africa.<\/p>\n
Neighbouring Sierra Leone and Liberia have already been declared Ebola-free.
\nThe baby has twice tested negative, but will remain under special observation at a centre run by Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) as she was born the day her infected mother died.<\/p>\n
The BBC’s West Africa reporter Thomas Fessy says MSF is anxious to monitor her as if she does survive, she will be the first baby born to a mother who has died of Ebola to live beyond several days.<\/p>\n
Sierra Leone was declared Ebola-free by the World Health Organization earlier this month after 42 days without a single declared case.<\/p>\n
Liberia was declared free of the disease in September.<\/p>\n
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa was first reported in March 2014.
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\nBy: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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