HIGHLIGHTS
Overall EVD transmission decreases in Guinea and Sierra Leone since mid-July, according to local health officials
The GoL discharges remaining two EVD survivors from ELWA 3 ETU; Liberia currently has no confirmed EVD cases
All known contacts in Boké Prefecture, Guinea, graduate from contact tracing on July 23
KEY DEVELOPMENTS
The Government of Guinea (GoG) reported four confirmed cases of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) during the week ending on July 26, marking the lowest weekly caseload in the country since July 2014. Authorities have recorded recent transmission, however, in four Guinean prefectures—Conakry, Coyah, Forécariah, and Fria—and two prefectures, Dubréka and Kindia, remain on alert.
Sierra Leone’s Kambia and Port Loko districts have not reported new confirmed cases of EVD since July 10 and 17, respectively, according to the Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL). Through Operation Northern Push, the GoSL has enforced stringent response measures in the EVD-affected districts since mid-June.
The Government of Liberia (GoL), with support from CDC, continues to track contacts from the recent cluster of six cases from Margibi and Montserrado counties. The GoL graduated 90 contacts from July 19–25 and continues to follow 33 other contacts.