Duration | 2013–2016 |
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Location | West Africa region (initially) |
This article covers the timeline of the 2014 Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa and its outbreaks elsewhere.[1] Flag icons denote the first announcements of confirmed cases by the respective nation-states, their first deaths, and their first secondary transmissions, as well as relevant sessions and announcements of agencies such as the World Health Organization (WHO), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and NGOs such as Doctors Without Borders; medical evacuations, visa restrictions, border closures, quarantines, court rulings, and possible cases of zoonosis are also included.