Rare Good News: Nigeria and Senegal Free of Ebola Virus

The World Health Organization declared Nigeria officially free of Ebola on Monday, after six weeks with no new reported cases of the virus, calling it a "spectacular success story."

How #Nigeria handled the outbreak is a spectacular success story that shows that #Ebola can be contained http://t.co/LyfE3s9b2C

— WHO (@WHO) October 20, 2014

There had been a reported 20 cases of Ebola in the country, including eight deaths

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