GENEVA, SWITZERLAND (OCTOBER 29, 2014) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) (SOUNDBITE) (English) WHO ASSISTANT DIRECTOR-GENERAL IN CHARGE OF THE OPERATIONAL RESPONSE, DR. BRUCE AYLWARD, SAYING: “The actual number of newly reported cases is beginning to decline in Liberia, and the government is really driving a multi-pronged investigation looking at multiple strands of evidence to try and understand is this real, is this a reporting phenomena or is it even a care-seeking phenomena that’s changing, and so far based on the information received today, and again most of you are somewhat aware of this, it appears that the trend is real in Liberia.” (SOUNDBITE) (English) WHO ASSISTANT DIRECTOR-GENERAL IN CHARGE OF THE OPERATIONAL RESPONSE, DR. BRUCE AYLWARD, SAYING: “So again, I think we need to be careful here. We’re not seeing, this hasn’t dropped-off the cliff like this, what we are seeing is a reversal of that rapid rate of increase to the point where there seems to be a decreasing rate right now. Now, is that going to be sustained? Is that going to upward tip again? You know, there’s a huge risk that it wouldn’t be sustained, simply because the full capacity needed to track all cases, do the contact tracing, etc, etc may not be fully in place, but again, the trend is positive.”