CRI听力:African Leaders to Attend Liberia's Ebola Free Declaration Ceremony

Foreign dignitaries who stood firm with the Liberian government and its people during the turmoil are expected to attend the ceremony on Monday.

The anti-Ebola campaign has marked a significant milestone as the World Health Organization declared that Liberia was free of the disease on Saturday.

WHO special representative for Ebola response Bruce Aylward expresses his faith in eliminating the deadly virus.

"One of the worst hit countries obviously was Liberia and just six months ago people were questioning could they ever get this under control. This proves yes they can and if it can be done in Liberia, it can also be done in Sierra Leone and Guinea."

The announcement was received with happiness among the citizens and residents who suffered as a result of the world's worst Ebola outbreak in history.

According to WHO's official number, as of today some 11 thousand people have died from Ebola in Liberia, neighboring Guinea and Sierra Leone since the first outbreak began in December 2013.

Bruce Aylward lauded the anti-Ebola efforts made by the international community, and he especially thanked China for playing a key role.

"These people are really impressive they are very good and they played a key role in this outbreak and I think what was wonderful about China's response was the breadth of it. It was materials, it was Ebola treatment centers, it was medical experts, it was public health experts because you need all of that to beat Ebola and China was very generous in bringing all of that to this fight."

China has continuously sent medical supplies and personnel to Liberia as well as other Ebola stricken regions.

Last year, China sent 1,600 aid workers to Africa and assisted with building an Ebola hospital in Liberia.

Since then, they've trained 3000 local medical workers and treated tens of thousands of patients.

Last month, China turned over a huge consignment of assorted medical supplies and equipment to Liberia as part of its humanitarian assistance valued at 5 million U.S. dollars.

For CRI, I'm Zhao Jianfu.