
The number of Ebola cases in Liberia is declining for the first time, though the outbreak is far from over, dpa quoted the aid organization Medecins Sans Frontieres as saying Monday.
Unlike in neighbouring Guinea and Sierra Leone, where cases are increasing, MSF teams in Liberia are witnessing a decline for the first time since the beginning of the epidemic in March.
The group's 250-bed unit in Monrovia is currently treating about 50 patients. There were no patients in Foya, in the north, by October 30 and with no confirmed cases since then.
With financial support pouring in 'isolation units in Monrovia and some other parts of the country now have adequate capacity,' said Fasil Tezera, MSF's head of operations in Liberia.
But the group warned that the number of cases could again rise, as it has in Guinea, following two significant dips in admissions to MSF facilities.
Rapid response teams should be deployed quickly to investigate hotspots wherever they occur, it said.
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