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Ebola Outbreak 2015: WHO to Declare Sierra Leone Free of Disease

The World Health Organization (WHO) is expected to confirm that Sierra Leone is free of Ebola. The Ebola outbreak killed…

9 years ago

Ebola Outbreak: Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone Record First Week with No New Cases

Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone recorded their first week with no new cases of Ebola since the outbreak began in…

9 years ago

Ebola outbreak 2015: Sierra Leone imposes three-day lockdown

Sierra Leone authorities have imposed a three-day lockdown to curb the spread of Ebola, with the entire population ordered to…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak: Ten US healthcare workers evacuated from Sierra Leone

Ten US healthcare workers are being evacuated from Sierra Leone after another aid worker back from the West African country…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak 2015: Sierra Leone VP Samuel Sam-Sumana in quarantine

Sierra Leone Vice-President Samuel Sam-Sumana has put himself into quarantine after one of his bodyguards died from Ebola. Samuel Sam-Sumana…

10 years ago

Ebola 2015: Falling cases show turning point

According to World Health Organization officials, there has been a "turning point" in the Ebola crisis, with cases falling in…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak: Unreported bodies found in Kono, Sierra Leone

A number of bodies have been discovered by health officials in Kono, a remote diamond-mining area of Sierra Leone, raising…

10 years ago

Sierra Leone Ebola health workers on strike

Health workers treating Ebola patients at a clinic in Sierra Leone have gone on strike, protesting about the government's failure…

10 years ago

Sierra Leone: Five new Ebola cases per hour

Leading charity Save the Children has warned that a rate of five new Ebola cases an hour in Sierra Leone…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak death toll passes 3,000 in West Africa

According to a World Health Organization (WHO) report, the death toll from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has passed…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak: Sierra Leone quarantines another one million people

Sierra Leone has widened the Ebola quarantine to include another one million people in an attempt to curb the spread…

10 years ago

Sierra Leone: Ebola lockdown declared success

Sierra Leone’s three-day curfew aimed at containing the Ebola outbreak has been declared a success by authorities. They say more…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak: Three-day lockdown begins in Sierra Leone

A three-day lockdown has come into effect in Sierra Leone in a bid to stop the spread of the Ebola…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak: Sierra Leone announces four-day lockdown

Sierra Leone has announced a four-day lockdown to try to tackle the Ebola disease. According to a senior official, from…

10 years ago

Sierra Leone: Hiding Ebola patients is illegal

Sierra Leone’s parliament voted to pass a new amendment to its health act, imposing possible jail time for anyone caught…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak: Kenya closes borders to travelers from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea

Kenya is closing its borders to travelers from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone in response to the deadly Ebola outbreak.…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak: Second Sierra Leone doctor dies from hemorrhagic fever

A second senior doctor in Sierra Leone, Modupeh Cole, was confirmed dead from Ebola on Wednesday as West Africa anxiously…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak: Guinea closes borders with Sierra Leone and Liberia

Guinea has decided to close its borders with Liberia and Sierra Leone to contain the spread of Ebola, which has…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak: Suspected patient dies in Saudi Arabia

A Saudi man who was suspected of contracting Ebola disease in Sierra Leone has died at a hospital in Jeddah,…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak: Sierra Leone declares state of public emergency

Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma has declared a public health emergency to curb the deadly Ebola outbreak. Ernest Bai…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak: Liberia shuts all schools

Liberia is closing down all schools across the country to stop the spread of the deadly Ebola virus. Some communities…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak: ASKY stops flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone

West African airline ASKY has stopped flying to Liberia and Sierra Leone amid growing concern about the spread of the…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak: Sierra Leone escapee Saudatu Koroma dies

Saudatu Koroma, a Sierra Leone woman who fled hospital after testing positive for the Ebola virus, has died after turning…

10 years ago