The Spaceillus News August 13, 2016 By Farhana Bajunid What happen to Ebola now? Image from: http://www.janssen.com/sites/www_janssen_com/files/multimedia/ebola_virus.jpg -Ebola virus Ebola outbreak has been confirmed causing 11,315 death from the disease in six countries; Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, the US and Mali. An original outbreak of Ebola virus disease that begun in West Africa in December 2013 has caused many tragic deaths due to sporadic transmission causing infected people to have symptoms of Ebola haemorrhagic fever. This fever is a rare and deadly disease caused by infection with one of the Ebola virus species in the family Filoviridae, genus Ebolavirus. On 8th of August 2014, WHO had declared the Ebola epidemic in West Africa a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The symptoms of Ebola infection include fever, fatigue, malaise, and weakness, reddened eyes, joint and muscle pain, headache, nausea and vomiting, abdominal (stomach) pain and unexplained haemorrhage (bleeding or bruising). Image from: http://www.africatopsuccess.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Ebola.jpg - Haemorrhagic fever However, in the year of 2015 and 2016, WHO already declared that the Ebola outbreak has been ended. The WHO declared the end of Ebola transmission in Guinea on 29 December 2015, in Liberia on 14 January 2016, and in Sierra Leone on 17 March 2016. Though the countries are free from Ebola, WHO warned the countries for still being at risk for sporadic transmission of Ebola due to some people who survive from the infectious disease. They are potential to initiate the outbreak and as for that, strong surveillance and emergency response capacity must maintain to avoid any risk of Ebola disease to spread again.