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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.
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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.
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 ...
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 ...
The reported weekly cases of Ebola in Guinea as listed on Wikipedia's 2014 Ebola Virus in West Africa timeline of reported cases and deaths; some values are interpolated. The governor of Conakry, Soriba Sorel Camara, prohibited all cultural events for the holiday of Tabaski in a decree of 2 October 2014. [25] [26]
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 ...
The outbreak originated in Équateur province (which was also the location of the 2018 Équateur province Ebola outbreak). [61] [62] [63] By 17 October 2020, the case count was 128 with 53 fatalities. [64] By 18 November 2020, the World Health Organization and the Congolese government had not received reports of any cases of Ebola in Équateur ...