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Liberia is now free of the Ebola virus that’s killed more than 11,000 people worldwide.
It was welcoming news for people and especially for a local family whose relative was the first person to die of the disease on American soil during the outbreak.
Thomas Eric Duncan died of Ebola in October inside a Texas hospital in October.
Channel 9 talked with Duncan’s nephew by phone Saturday.
“I wish he was here to celebrate with me,” Josephus Weeks said. “It’s very, very good news. We’re ecstatic about it.”
Elated and thankful 42 days have passed since the last confirmed case of the virus in Liberia.
The news came just as Duncan’s family, Texas health officials and members of SIM USA, a mission organization, announced an endowed scholarship fund in Duncan’s name to train doctors, nurses and physician assistants in Liberia.
“More than 4 million citizens being treated by 150 doctors in Liberia,” Weeks said. “It’s unacceptable.”
WHO urged Liberians to remain on high alert as outbreaks persist in neighboring countries.
“It’s urgent,” Weeks said. “We need all of the help we can get.”
Courtesy of wsoctv.com
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