WHO says Nigeria's Ebola outbreak over
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Nigeria becomes case study in how to beat Ebola
As the deadly virus rages in West Africa, Nigeria is now officially Ebola-free. The CDC is sending researchers to Africa's most populous country to study how they were able to contain the disease.
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Nigeria is officially free of Ebola, the World Health Organization said Monday.
WHO Country Director Rui Gama Vaz hailed the country's containment of the disease as a "spectacular success story."
The last case in Nigeria tested negative for Ebola 42 days ago, twice the disease's maximum incubation period.
"The outbreak in Nigeria has been contained," Vaz said. "But we must be clear that we only won a battle. The war will only end when West Africa is also declared free of Ebola."
The disease continues to spread rapidly in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea and has claimed more than 4,500 lives.
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