WHO declares world's worst-ever Ebola outbreak over

The Ebola epidemic ravaged west Africa for two years.

Update: 2016-01-14 09:32 GMT

A MSF medical worker, wearing protective clothing relays patient details and updates behind a barrier to a colleague at an MSF facility in Kailahun. The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the Ebola epidemic was over after Liberia, the last affected country, received the all-clear. (Photo: AFP)

Geneva: The World Health Organization said Thursday the two-year Ebola epidemic that has ravaged west Africa for two years was over, after the last affected country Liberia received the all-clear.

"Today the World Health Organization declares the end of the most recent outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Liberia and says all known chains of transmission have been stopped in West Africa," the UN health agency said.

WHO declares world's worst-ever Ebola outbreak over

The Ebola epidemic ravaged west Africa for two years.

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