Sierra Leone marks a year since its last case of the Ebola virus

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It was one year ago today that Sierra Leone was officially declared free of the Ebola virus transmission.

Over 11,000 people died across West Africa from Ebola in what was the worst Ebola outbreak in history.

But they there were also survivors, just over 4,000 in Sierra Leone and 10,000 worldwide.

Al Jazeera’s Nina Devries reports from Freetown.

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