1. Guinea's latest #Ebola outbreak is over, @WHO declared today. The outbreak flared earlier this year in an area that 5 yrs earlier had been engulfed in the biggest Ebola event in history. This one was historic too — triggered by virus from a survivor. statnews.com/2021/03/12/bom…
2. The outbreak was declared in mid-February, one of two #Ebola flare ups African countries fought this year as they battled Covid. The other was in DRC, in the area of the 2018-2020 North Kivu-Ituri outbreak. It has also been stopped. 
3. There were immediate fears that #Ebola would spread across Guinea's borders, as the virus did in 2018. But the Guineans, with help from @WHO & other partners, kept this from becoming a big outbreak. There were probably 23 cases in this outbreak, 12 of them fatal.
4. #Ebola vaccine was deployed from @Gavi's stockpile. Nearly 11,000 people were vaxxed, including 2800 frontline workers.
A decade ago, this couldn't have happened. Now ring vaccination is integral to responses to Ebola Zaire. Vaxes for other Ebola viruses are still needed.
A decade ago, this couldn't have happened. Now ring vaccination is integral to responses to Ebola Zaire. Vaxes for other Ebola viruses are still needed.
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