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The West African nation has now passed the World Health Organisation threshold of 42 days — twice the incubation period for the virus — since the last known patient tested negative for the second time. “WHO commends Liberia’s government and people on their effective response to this recent re-emergence of Ebola,” said WHO Representative in Liberia Alex Gasasira in a statement. “WHO will continue to support Liberia in its effort to prevent, detect and respond to suspected cases,” Gasasira added. The country now enters a 90-day period of heightened surveillance for any new cases. At its peak in 2014, Ebola sparked anxiety about a possible global pandemic and led some governments to threaten or unilaterally enforce travel bans to and from the worst-affected countries — Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. The World Health Organisation declared an end on June 1 to Ebola cases in Guinea, — where it first broke out in December 2013 — and in Sierra Leone on March 17. How...