The Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone where British nurse Pauline Cafferkey caught the disease is expected to be declared over as a crucial milestone is reached.
It is due to be confirmed that 42 days has elapsed since the last new case of the deadly virus - the period of time that must pass for a country to be deemed Ebola-free.
Ms Cafferkey contracted the disease after treating patients in Sierra Leone at the height of the outbreak.
Following her initial recovery, she is being treated in hospital after falling ill again with meningitis, caused by a re-emergence of the virus.
Sierra Leone being declared free of the disease will be a huge relief according to Dr Tumba Junior, a doctor with the charity GOAL based at its treatment centre in Port Loko.
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