MONROVIA, March 5 (LINA) -Assistant Health Minister for Preventive Services Tolbert Nyenswah has attributed the country’s Ebola success story to 100 percent achievement of strategies employed in Phase Two of the Ebola fight.

 
He named contact tracing, case and burial management as some of the strategies employed to get the Ebola case level to zero over the past 12 days.
 
Addressing the MICAT regular press briefing Wednesday, Nyenswah declared that Liberia has gone 12 of the required 42-day incubation period to be declared Ebola-free by the World Health Organization (WHO).
 
He said the current achievement in Phase Two has seen Montserrado County record 12 days without a confirmed case, while Margibi County has recorded 16 days since the last confirmed case was reported, despite recount of recurring cases.
 
He added that only four confirmed cases have been reported in the last 21 days, while the ministry continues to follow 102 contacts.
 
 Nyenswah lauded local and international partners for their contributions leading to the gains made in the fight to eradicate the Ebola Virus Disease from the country.
 
Giving an update on Ebola across the country, Minister Nyenswah said Lofa has gone 119 days, Gbarpolu 155 days, Grand Cape Mount 48days, Bomi 98 days, Bong 71days, Nimba 73 days and Grand Bassa 78 days.
 
Rivercess has gone 98 days, Grand Gedeh 150 days, Sinoe 66 days, River Gee 155 days, Grand Kru 107 days, Maryland 214days, Margibi 16 days and Montserrado 12 days, since the last confirmed case was reported by these counties.
LINA