The 42-day countdown towards the end of the Ebola outbreak in the DRC started last Monday. If no further cases are confirmed, the outbreak will be declared over in early December. Meanwhile, the measures need to be maintained so that we are ready to respond to any new cases. | Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

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