World Health Organization to declare Guinea free of Ebola![]() December 29, 2015 - 10:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Guinea is to be declared free of Ebola by the World Health Organization (WHO), two years after the epidemic began there, BBC News reports. Guineans are expected to celebrate the landmark with concerts and fireworks. The disease killed more than 2,500 people in the country and a further 9,000 in Sierra Leone and Liberia. Sierra Leone was declared free of Ebola in November, but new cases have emerged in Liberia, which had been declared Ebola-free in September. A country is considered free of human-to-human transmission once two 21-day incubation periods have passed since the last known case tested negative for a second time. The disease has had an enormous social and economic impact on Guinea, the BBC's Ibrahima Diane in Conakry says. According to the UN, 6,220 Guinean children have lost one or both parents to Ebola. More than 100 health workers also lost their lives in the fight against the disease. Meanwhile, survivors are still living in fear of the stigma and long-term side effects associated with the virus, our correspondent adds. Photo. ABC Related links: ![]() ![]() Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |