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The 21-day follow-up period for all contacts of the recent Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) cases in Guinea was completed on 27 April 2016.
The last EVD case tested negative for Ebola virus for the second time on 19 April 2016. The 42-day (2 incubation periods) countdown phase began on 19 April, and is due to end on 31 May 2016; the outbreak can then be declared over in Guinea.
(Via WHO Situation Report 28 April 2016 - accessed 03/05/16)
The risk of travellers becoming infected or developing Ebola haemorrhagic fever is extremely low, unless there has been direct contact with blood or bodily fluids of dead or living infected persons or animals. Healthcare workers are at particular risk, although practising appropriate infection control should effectively prevent transmission of disease in this setting.
Travellers returning from tropical countries should always seek rapid medical attention if they develop flu-like symptoms such as fever, headache, diarrhoea or general malaise) within three weeks after return, and be reminded to mention to their health care provider that they have recently travelled.
