The Department of Health today updated the list of affected areas in the local reporting criteria for Ebola, in response to the World Health Organisation declaring the end of an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Equateur Province.
The WHO will declare the end of an Ebola outbreak in a country when 42 days (double the maximum incubation period) have passed since a person had contact with an Ebola case and no additional cases have been detected.
The department said doctors should watch for patients who travelled to Equateur on or before November 20 who develop symptoms within 21 days, as they still meet the reporting criteria.
It also urged people to avoid unnecessary travel to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
