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On 30 September, a cameraman was tested positive for Ebola in a Texas hospital after contracting the disease before traveling back to the United States from Liberia. He covered the Ebola outbreak for NBC News [46] [47] (see 2014 Ebola virus cases in the United States). Following this the Liberian government enacted strict restrictions on ...
This article covers the timeline of the 2014 Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa and its outbreaks elsewhere. [1] Flag icons denote the first announcements of confirmed cases by the respective nation-states, their first deaths, and their first secondary transmissions, as well as relevant sessions and announcements of agencies such as the World Health Organization (WHO), the U.S. Centers for ...
The 2013–2016 epidemic of Ebola virus disease, centered in West Africa, was the most widespread outbreak of the disease in history.It caused major loss of life and socioeconomic disruption in the region, mainly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
By RYAN GORMAN A pair of startling new statistics about the lethal Ebola outbreak in West Africa has been released by the World Health Organization. A WHO official said the death rate in Guinea ...
LONDON (AP) -- The World Health Organization on Friday declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa to be an international public health emergency that requires an extraordinary response to stop its ...
More than 5,100 people have died in West Africa from this. By RYAN GORMAN Growing concerns about a possible Ebola outbreak in Mali have at least one expert concerned many more people will die from ...
In March 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported a major Ebola outbreak in Guinea, a western African nation, [1] the disease then rapidly spread to the neighboring countries of Liberia and Sierra Leone with smaller outbreaks occurring in Senegal, Nigeria, and Mali; the resulting West African Ebola virus epidemic is the largest Ebola outbreak (cases and deaths) ever documented.
March 30 – Liberia confirms its first two cases of Ebola in the Foya District in Lofa County. [1] June 25 – Dudley McKinley Thomas is accredited as the Liberian ambassador to the People's Republic of China. [2] July 26 – Tubman University President Dr. Elizabeth Davis Russell served as national Independence Day orator. [3]