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The World Health Organisation confirms a second new case of Ebola virus in Sierra Leone.
2016-01-21

Sierra Leone imposes quarantine on hundreds of people following a recent death from the Ebola virus.
2016-01-17

United States authorities announce mandatory Ebola screening will end for travelers from Liberia to five U.S. airports, effective September 21, 2015. Screening of travelers from Sierra Leone and Guinea will continue.
2015-09-18

Two new cases of ebola virus disease are reported from Sierra Leone’s capital city of Freetown about three weeks after the most recent new cases were found.
2015-06-22

Sierra Leone quarantines 700 homes in the Aberdeen district of Freetown following the death of a fisherman.
2015-02-13

Sierra Leone quarantines the Tonkolili district with more than half the country under lockdown and the official death toll in the country reaching 1,530 and roughly 7,109 infected.
2014-12-2

The World Health Organization reports that the death toll in the three worst affected countries in West Africa - Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone - has passed 5,000.
2014-11-13

Australia issues a blanket ban on issuing visas for residents of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, the countries worst affected by the Ebola epidemic.
2014-10-28

The World Health Organisation estimates that the death toll from the outbreak has passed 4000 with all but nine deaths occurring in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.
2014-10-10

A three day curfew in Sierra Leone ends and will not be extended.
2014-09-21