DR Congo hopes to declare end to Ebola outbreak in April eNCA
If no more cases are diagnosed, the epidemic will officially end on April 12, or 42 days from the date of the last confirmed patient's second negative test.
"We are keeping our fingers crossed that until then, there are no incidents," he told a news conference."The greatest challenge for us today is to follow up on survivors because some continue to secrete the virus in their seminal fluids," he said, adding that they were being treated to avoid infecting their partners.
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