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Saying 'Bye Bye' to Ebola in Sierra Leone with a happy song

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Sierra Leone is celebrating being free from Ebola. Over a week ago the World Health Organization gave the country the all-clear after 42 days without a new case of the disease. To celebrate, rapper Block Jones wrote a song called Bye Bye Ebola, external.

It has become a hit on YouTube and features twerking policemen and dancing health workers.

Neighbouring Guinea will also be officially declared Ebola free if no new cases are reported in the next six weeks.

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