(20 Oct 2014) The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared that Nigeria is now free of Ebola.
At a media briefing in Abuja on Monday, the UN health agency said the country's containment of the lethal disease was a great success story.
"The outbreak in Nigeria has been defeated. This is a spectacular success story that shows to the world that Ebola can be contained," said WHO representative Rui Gama Vaz.
The announcement comes after 42 days have passed - twice the disease's maximum incubation period - since the last case in Nigeria tested negative.
WHO said Nigeria had traced nearly every contact of Ebola patients in the country, all of whom were linked to the country's first patient - a Liberian man who arrived with symptoms in Lagos and later died.
Nigeria reported 20 cases of Ebola, including eight deaths.
For an outbreak to be declared officially over, WHO convenes a committee on surveillance, epidemiology and laboratory testing to determine that all conditions have been met.
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