WHO Explains How Ebola Survivors May Still Transmit the Virus After Recovery

The World Health Organization says male Ebola survivors may still transmit the virus through sex if it remains in semen after recovery. However, survivors who meet the required treatment-discharge criteria are not expected to spread Ebola through sweat or saliva. A WHO Africa emergency-response official explained that the virus can remain in certain parts of the body after clinical recovery. Male survivors should receive counselling on safer sex, have access to condoms and undergo regular semen testing until they receive two consecutive negative results. Where semen testing is unavailable, WHO guidance recommends safer sex for 12 months after recovery. The agency stressed that people who are still actively ill can transmit Ebola through infectious body fluids. The clarification follows recent Ebola monitoring in Nigeria after an imported case was reported. Health authorities said no active confirmed cases remained after the patient was evacuated, while contacts and containment measures continued to be monitored.

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