The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say efforts to contain the Ebola virus in Nigeria were successful.
The official end of an Ebola outbreak is defined as the time when "two of the 21-day incubation periods for Ebola virus have elapsed without any new cases," according a CDC press release.
By this definition, Nigeria and Senegal are on the road to recovery.
In Nigeria almost all of the 900 Ebola patients were identified, followed and ended their 21-day folow-up without Ebola symptoms, according to a CDC report. The last three known patients in the country with the virus finish their 21-day follow-up tomorrow.
"Although Nigeria isn't completely out of the woods, their extensive response to a single case of Ebola shows that control is possible with rapid, focused interventions" sCDC Director Tom Frieden said in a statement.
There hasn't been a newly diagnosed case of Ebola in Nigeria since Aug. 31.
An end to the outbreak was proven possible by Senegal about two weeks ago when it cured the country of the disease.
Senegal was more prepared for the Ebola virus since the outbreak occurred in surrounding countries first, according to a CDC report. The outbreak officially ended in Senegal on Sept. 18 when the 21-day follow up for the affected patients were completed. There are no other known cases in the country.
In late September, the World Health Organization reported that Ebola was "mostly contained" in Nigeria and Senegal, as HNGN previously reported. This new report by CDC proves the speculation was true.
