Nigeria Ebola - Timeline

Dec 6, 2013: Index Case 2 year-old infant Emile Ouamouno dies in the village of Meliandou, Guinea.

July 25, 2014: WHO reports the first Ebola related death in Lagos, Nigeria - Patrick Sawyer at First Consultant Medical Centre.

Oct 20, 2014: WHO declares Nigeria Ebola-free after six weeks without new reported cases.

Jan 14, 2016: West Africa declared Ebola-free.

Mar 31, 2014: Liberia confirms first cases of EVD in the Lofa and Nimba counties.

Sep 22, 2014: WHO reports a total of 20 cases and 8 deaths of Ebola in Nigeria, and disease seems to be contained.

Aug 7, 2014: WHO declares Ebola epidemic a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).

May 9, 2015: Liberia declared officially Ebola-free

July 20th, 2014 Patrick Sawyer, collapses at Lagos International Airport upon arrival from Liberia after being symptomatic on the flight and is escorted to hospital by a protocol officer.

July 22, 2014: Then Minister of Health Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu officially announced Nigeria's first case of EVD.

Patrick Sawyer's sister dies from EVD in Liberia.

Dr Ameyo Stella Adadevoh, who ordered Mr Sawyer to be placed in quarantine, dies from EVD.