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Forty-three people who had been in contact with Ebola victim Thomas Duncan have been cleared, proving not to have the disease.\u00a0 That\u2019s a big relief for health officials, though 120 people are still being monitored.\u00a0 Meanwhile, the World Health Organization says that the outbreaks in Senegal and Nigeria are over.\u00a0 How do they know that?\u00a0 Well, the answer is simple, as you will see after the jump.<\/p>\n

From Alexandra Siffilin, What Does It Mean for an Ebola Outbreak to End? | TIME<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Nigeria\u2019s most recent outbreak of Ebola is over, the nation\u2019s government and World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Monday.<\/p>\n

But \u2014 with fear of Ebola continuing to grip the world \u2014 what does that even mean? How does the WHO know that Nigeria is in the clear?<\/p>\n

The answer, it turns out, is very specific: The WHO says a country can declare their outbreak to be over when it makes it through 42 days without a new case. That\u2019s two incubation periods for the Ebola virus, so as long as 42 days have passed, during which the country had in place active surveillance and diagnostics but discovered no new cases, the WHO says it\u2019s enough time to confidently say an outbreak is over. For health care workers to be considered \u201cin the clear\u201d they have to be monitored for 21 days after their last possible exposure to the virus, even if they were wearing full protective gear. Health care workers\u2019 date of last contact is considered the day when the final patient with Ebola tests negative for the disease.<\/p>\n

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\u201cRecent studies conducted in West Africa have demonstrated that 95% of confirmed cases have an incubation period in the range of 1 to 21 days; 98% have an incubation period that falls within the 1 to 42 day interval,\u201d said WHO in a statement. \u201cWHO is therefore confident that detection of no new cases, with active surveillance in place, throughout this 42-day period means that an Ebola outbreak is indeed over.\u201d<\/p>\n

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