Sierra Leone Begins New Ebola 42-day Countdown

A Sierra Leone official said the government is cautiously optimistic the country will successfully complete a new 42-day countdown to be declared Ebola-free without any setback. The country began the new countdown Saturday after discharging its last two known patients from the International Medical Corps Treatment Center in Kambia District. Sierra Leone’s hopes of being declared Ebola-free were dashed last August when a 67-year-old woman died in Kambia days after it began the first...

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