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| An Ebola patient being treated by a doctor |
Nigeria has been declared officially free of Ebola after six weeks with
no new cases, the World Health Organisation says.
Africa’s most populous country won praise for its swift response after
an infected Liberian diplomat brought the disease there in July.
The WHO officially declared Senegal Ebola-free on Friday.
The outbreak has killed more than 4,500 people in West Africa, mostly in
Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone.
An estimated 70 per cent of those infected have died in those countries.
Meanwhile, European Union foreign ministers are meeting in Luxembourg to
discuss how to strengthen their response to the threat posed by Ebola.
