--- title: Ebola: Guinea’s Last Known Patient Discharged From Center description: Guinea, the only country still fighting the worst ever Ebola outbreak, may soon be declared free of the virus. canonical: https://time.com/4115816/guinea-ebola-patient-discharged/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-17T07:12:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T12:41:08.616Z article:section: World og:title: Guinea’s Last Known Ebola Patient Discharged og:description: In six weeks the source of the worst ever outbreak could be declared Ebola-free. og:url: https://time.com/4115816/guinea-ebola-patient-discharged/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6429ae62d7746772/6988716c5f570fc442b1e5e5/gettyimages-491388416.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Ebola Treatment Center As Guinea Economy Rebuilds Ahead Of October Election og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Guinea’s Last Known Ebola Patient Discharged twitter:description: In six weeks the source of the worst ever outbreak could be declared Ebola-free. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6429ae62d7746772/6988716c5f570fc442b1e5e5/gettyimages-491388416.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Guinea’s Last Known Ebola Patient Discharged From Treatment Center ## Video: Ebola Fighters in West Africa - TIME's Person of the Year 2014 [Watch (HLS stream): Ebola Fighters in West Africa - TIME's Person of the Year 2014](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/laroqNbt.m3u8) (10:47)  _Published 2014-12-10. Hundreds of doctors, nurses and health workers work every day to treat and contain the outbreak in the hot zone_ by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Nov 17, 2015 7:12 AM CUT  A healthcare worker helps a colleague dress in protective gear at an Ebola treatment center in Guinea, Sept. 10, 2015 A healthcare worker helps a colleague dress in protective gear at an Ebola treatment center in Guinea, Sept. 10, 2015Bloomberg—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Nov 17, 2015 7:12 AM CUT **Correction appended, Dec. 30** Guinea, the only country still fighting the recent Ebola outbreak, may soon be [declared free](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-34840692 "undefined") of the virus after the recovery of the last known infected patient. A health official in the West African country confirmed that a 21-day-old baby girl had recovered from the virus in the capital, Conakry, the BBC reports. If no new cases are discovered in the next six weeks, the World Health Organization can declare Guinea Ebola-free. “We did two tests after his treatment and they came back negative,” Fode Tass Sylla of Guinea’s Ebola co-ordination unit said on Monday. According to Reuters, the girl was [born](http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/16/us-health-ebola-guinea-idUSKCN0T52OP20151116 "undefined") in the Nongo Ebola treatment center to a woman infected with the virus, who did not survive. The epidemic is believed to have first surfaced in a forested region of Guinea in December 2013\. The virus spread to neighboring countries Sierra Leone and Liberia, killing more than 11,000 people and triggering an international humanitarian response. The WHO declared Sierra Leone an Ebola-free country on Nov. 7 after giving Liberia the green light in May this year. **Correction:** The original version of this story misstated the patient’s gender, age and release date. 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