Liberia Releases Last Ebola Patient. no new infections detected

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Liberia has released its last Ebola patient, Beatrice Yardolo, 58, from a treatment center, making the country free of the virus if no new infections are detected. Yardolo, an English teacher, said she was "one of the happiest persons on Earth" on her way home after her release from a Chinese-run treatment center in Liberia's capital of Monrovia. She underwent treatment for two weeks.

The country has to go through 42 days without any new cases to be declared Ebola-free...

Read more: Liberia releases last Ebola patient, no new infections detected - UPI.com

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Steve Yardo welcomes Beatrice, his wife back home after 16 days in the Ebola treatment centre in Monrovia. Photo: Courtesy ABC News. - See more at: Page Not Found - Vanguard News

That's great news. Crossing fingers that no new cases pop up.

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