President Of Sierra Leone Aims For Zero New Ebola Cases In Country By End Of March

Associated Press: Sierra Leone president predicts 0 Ebola cases by March end
“Even as his country registered 19 new Ebola cases over a 24-hour period, Sierra Leone’s president is predicting there will be zero new confirmed cases by the end of March. President Ernest Bai Koroma also predicted that his West African country — one of three hardest hit by the outbreak — would be Ebola-free by World Health Organization standards by May…” (Roy-Macaulay, 1/15).

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