Sierra Leone lifts last major Ebola quarantine as cases recede

REUTERS    by Umaru Fofana                            Aug.15, 2015

ASSESSEBEH, Sierra Leone  - Sierra Leone lifted its last major Ebola quarantine on Friday as President Ernest Bai Koroma expressed confidence that the country would soon be free of the virus.

The more than 500 residents of the northern village of Massessebeh gathered in the streets, singing and waving palm branches, after Koroma cut a piece of tape used as a cordon.

"I am sure within August we will start counting the first 21 days of zero (new cases)," said Koroma, referring to the incubation period of the virus. "I believe we cannot go back, we can only go forward."

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