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

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

Medical personnel combating the spread of the Ebola virus are named Time Person of the Year.
2014-12-10

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

Mali confirms that it has a new case of Ebola virus, this time in the capital Bamako.
2014-11-11

A Maine judge imposes limited restrictions, but rejects state officials' bid to quarantine nurse Kaci Hickox, who returned to the United States last week after treating Ebola patients in Sierra Leone.
2014-10-31

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 says that the death toll from the Ebola virus is over 2,900.
2014-09-26

The United States will send thousands of troops to West Africa to build Ebola virus clinics and train health workers.
2014-09-16

An outbreak of Ebola virus which has killed at least 59 people in Guinea continues its spread, entering Liberia and threatens to spread to Sierra Leone.
2014-03-24