![]() Officials cite close to 400 deaths in past week. 3: Epidemic accelerates deaths top 1,900. Sept 2: MSF president tells United Nations the world is losing battle to contain Ebola, slams “global inaction”. 29: Senegal reports first confirmed Ebola case. 28: WHO puts death toll above 1,550, warns outbreak could infect more than 20,000.Īug. Infected British medical worker is flown home from Sierra Leone for treatment.Īug. 24: Democratic Republic of Congo declares Ebola outbreak it is believed separate from West Africa epidemic. missionary aid workers treated in Atlanta are released from hospital August 19 and 21 free of the virus.Īug. 20: Monrovia security forces fire shots, tear gas to disperse crowd trying to break out of quarantine, killing teen.Īug. 15: MSF says epidemic will take about six months to control.Īug. Spanish priest with Ebola dies in Madrid hospital.Īug. 12: WHO says death toll tops 1,000, approves use of unproven drugs or vaccines. 8: WHO declares epidemic an “international public health emergency.”Īug. missionary with Ebola is flown from Liberia to Atlanta for treatment.Īug. missionary physician infected with Ebola in Liberia is flown to Atlanta in the United States for treatment.Īug. July 30: Liberia shuts schools, quarantines worst-affected communities, using troops for enforcement.Īug. Sheik Umar Khan, who was leading Sierra Leone’s fight against the epidemic, dies of Ebola. July 25: Nigeria confirms its first Ebola case. June 23: With deaths above 350, West Africa outbreak is worst on record, MSF says it is “out of control,” calls for massive resources. June 17: Liberia reports Ebola in its capital, Monrovia. May 26: WHO confirms first Ebola deaths in Sierra Leone. Health workers there and in Sierra Leone and Liberia face hostility from fearful, suspicious people. March 30: Liberia reports two cases Ebola suspected in Sierra Leone.Īpril 1: Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) warns Ebola’s spread is “unprecedented.” A World Health Organization (WHO) spokesman calls it “relatively small still.”Īpril 4: Mob attacks Ebola treatment center in Guinea. March 22: Guinea confirms a hemorrhagic fever that killed more than 50 people is Ebola. The virus has killed at least 5,160 people. (Reuters) - Global health authorities are struggling to contain the world’s worst Ebola epidemic since the disease was identified in 1976. ![]()
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