West African Ebola virus epidemic timeline

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Ghana Health Service Condemns False Ebola Outbreak Report

The Ghana Health Service has debunked information circulating on social media, suggesting that there is an outbreak of...

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Sierra Leone Bans Christmas and New Year’s Celebrations Over Ebola Concerns

The government of Sierra Leone has banned all public celebrations of Christmas and New Year's as the nation continues...

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United States Ambassador to the United Nations visits Ebola Stricken Countries

(Accra, GNA) - In a communique released by the United States Embassy in Ghana, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations,...

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Ivory Coast Launches Manhunt for Ebola Suspect From Guinea

The Ivory Coast, currently free of the Ebola epidemic ravaging its neighbours, has launched a hunt for a Guinean health...

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Here’s How The Number of People Who Have Been Killed By The Ebola Virus – 2000

More than 2,000 people have died in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the World Health Organization said on Friday,...

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Doctor Dies of Ebola Virus Disease in Nigeria’s Port Harcourt

A doctor in Port Harcourt who treated a primary contact of Nigeria's patient zero for the Ebola outbreak has died from...

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Nigeria Successfully Contains Ebola Virus

The Nigerian Government has announced the successful containment of the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). Onyebuchi...

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Ebola-infected Nigerian Doctor Recovers

The first Nigerian Ebola patient has been discharged from the quarantine unit of the Emergency Operation Centre, EOC,...

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152 New Cases of Ebola Recorded in Two Days – World Health Organization (WHO)

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday said between 12 and 13 August, a total of 152 new cases of Ebola Virus...

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Dr Umar Sheikh Khan is Dead

It is with a heavy heart that we report the death of Dr Sheikh Umar Khan, Sierra Leone's leading virologist in the...