Events
19th March
Guinea reports an outbreak
of haemorrhagic fever 35
cases. Confirmed to be EBV.23rd March
WHO African regional office
reports outbreak of EVD in guinea24th May
WHO reports EBV in Sierra
Leone with a total of 408 cases17th June
Liberia reports cases of EBV23rd July
EBV introduced to Nigeria by an
airline passenger, who later died
on the 25th4th August
World bank declares $2m in
assistance for West Africa and WHO
reports 1,603 cases8th August
WHO declares Ebola as an
international emergency. Unproven
vaccines allowed to be administered24th August
British Nurse flies to UK, confirmed
to have EBV26th August
EBV reported in Senegal8th September
UN secretary general enforces emergency
response mechanism16th September
President Obama spoke about
Ebola crisis- pledged to send US troops to liberia to help contain Ebola.September 19th
UNSC declares EBV an international
security threat. UNMEER established.October
WHO reports 4,477 cases of EBV
in West Africa12th May 2015
WHO receives report of nurse
infected with EBV in Italy31st July
UNMEER closed- accomplished aim
to increase response to outbreakJanuary 2016
Liberia declared to be EBV free.
Marks the end of the epidemicMarch 2016
Sierra leone and DRC declared Ebola free24th May
27,013 cases in total with 11,134 suspected deaths26th August
DRC reports outbreak of EBV29th August
4 Nurses in the USA
reported to be infected
with EBVSome
event
happenedEvent progress
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