
Liberia released its last Ebola patient, a 58-year old teacher, from a treatment center on Thursday, beginning its countdown to being declared Ebola free.
"I am one of the happiest human beings today on earth because it was not easy going through this situation and coming out alive," Beatrice Yardolo said after her release. As she walked out of the clinic, wearing a bright yellow shirt, hospital cap and a big smile, Yardolo kept thanking God and the health workers at the center.
Yardolo said she had been taken to the Chinese-run Ebola treatment center on Feb. 18. A mother of five, she teaches English at a church-run school.
Yardolo's release brings Liberia hope after about a year of battling the deadly Ebola virus, which killed more than 4,100 people in this West African country.
There are no other confirmed cases of Ebola in the country, and as such Liberia can begin to count up to 42 days to be declared Ebola free in keeping with World Health Organization standards, Nyenswah, Assistant Health Minister of the country, said Wednesday. He asked all Liberians to commit themselves to achieving "zero Ebola infections" by strictly abiding by the anti-Ebola regulations.
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