(Members of the Women In Peacebuilding Network dance, sing and pray on May 8, 2015 in Monrovia. AFP/ZOM DOSSO)

According to a statement by the World Health Organization, Liberia, one of the three nations hit hardest by the Ebola outbreak, which started in March of last year is now Ebola-free.

“The outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Liberia is over,” Dr. Alex Gasasira, the W.H.O.’s representative to Liberia, read a statement by the organization in Monrovia, Liberia on Saturday.

The announcement was met with celebration in the streets. Healthcare workers sang, chanted, and proudly waved the country’s flag.

Over the past year, Liberia has seen over 4,700 deaths from the highly lethal virus, which carries a death rate of approximately 90%.

The president of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who held a moment of silence for those who had perished from the disease, thanked the many healthcare workers, doctors, and aid organizations working in the country to help quell the outbreak. Sirleaf also warned citizens to stay “mindful and vigilant.” The neighboring countries of Sierra Leone and Guinea are still fighting. According the New York Times, both countries each reported nine cases of the disease, the lowest weekly number ever reported over the past year.