Ebola Situation Report – 30 December 2015
SUMMARY
:: No confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) were reported in the week to 27 December. On 29 December, WHO declared that human-to-human transmission of Ebola virus has ended in Guinea, after the completion of 42 days with zero cases since the last person confirmed to have EVD received a second consecutive negative blood test for Ebola virus RNA. Guinea has now entered a 90-day period of heightened surveillance.

:: The 8th meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by the WHO Director-General under the International Health Regulations (2005) regarding the EVD outbreak in West Africa took place by teleconference on 15 December 2015. Based on the advice of the Committee, the Director-General declared that the 2014–15 Ebola outbreak continues to constitute a Public Health Emergency of International Concern….
Editor’s Note:
Two important vaccine milestones were reached over the last few weeks with regulatory approval of a dengue vaccine – Dengvaxia [Sanofi Pasteur] – by Brazil, representing the third successful licensure following approval by Mexico and the Philippines earlier this month. Separately, an inactivated oral cholera vaccine – Euvichol [Eubiologics, Republic of Korea] – received WHO pre-qualification on 23 December 2015.