Outbreak Update
• On March 29, 2016, WHO terminated the Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) for the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
• According to WHO’s March 30 Situation Report, a cluster of 2 confirmed and 3 probable cases of Ebola was reported on March 17 in Guinea. Three more confirmed cases were reported on March 21, 26, and 28, respectively. Viral sequencing data indicate indicate that virus present in one of the confirmed cases is closely related to virus that circulated in southeastern Guinea in November 2014.