Sierra Leone release last known Ebola patient from hospital

Adama Sankoh, last known Ebola patient in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone will soon be declared Ebola-free, as the last known patient in the Country Adama Sankoh, 40, is released from hospital.

Upon being declared free of the disease she said: Although my child died of Ebola i am very happy that i have survived today.

The West African nation will now begin a 42-day countdown to being declared Ebola-free, providing no other cases emerge. The disease killed 4,000 people in Sierra Leone.