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Worst Ebola outbreak on record testsglobal response
(Reuters) - Global health authorities are struggling to contain the
world's worst Ebola epidemic since the disease was identified in
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#he $irus% which causes fe$er and bleeding% has killed more than
&% people"
ere is a timeline of the outbreak
*arch ++ Guinea confirms a pre$iousl, unidentified
hemorrhagic fe$er% which killed o$er people in its
southeastern .orest Region% is Ebola" /ases are also reported in
the capital"
*arch 0 iberia reports two Ebola cases2 suspected cases
reported in 3ierra eone"
4pril 1 *edical charit, *edecins 3ans .rontieres (*3.) warns
the epidemic's spread is 5unprecedented"5 6ut a World ealth
7rgani8ation (W7) spokesman calls it 5relati$el, small still"5
4pril & 4 mob attacks an Ebola treatment center in southeastern
Guinea" ealthcare workers in Guinea% 3ierra eone and iberia
face growing hostilit, from fearful% suspicious local people"
*a, +! W7 confirms first Ebola deaths in 3ierra eone"
une 1 iberia sa,s Ebola has reached its capital% *onro$ia"
une +0 With deaths abo$e 0% making the West 4frican
outbreak the worst Ebola epidemic on record% *3. sa,s it is 5out of control5 and calls for
massi$e resources"
ul, + :igeria% 4frica's biggest econom,% confirms its first Ebola case% a man who died in
agos after tra$eling from *onro$ia"
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