Liberia: Less Than 400 Ebola Cases Nationwide As Ebola Declines, Says Dorbor Jallah

Restrictions on the movement of people, quarantining of communities and positive response to the frequent washing of hands and avoiding infested dead bodies have helped to reduce the infection rate of the Ebola virus throughout Liberia, according to Mr. James Dorbor Jallah, Deputy Incident Manager for support services at the Incident Management System.

Moreover as the Dry Season approaches in Liberia, he said, intense heat and sunlight will contribute to Liberia's effort to eradicate the disease. The Ebola Virus has been described as 'fragile' by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, and is easily destroyed by heat and sunlight.

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