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Ebola Outbreak Timeline http://www.newsday.com/news/world/the­ebola­crisis­15­important­moments­in­2014­1.
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December 6th, 2013: A two­year­old child died in Meliandou in southern Guinea and was later identified as "patient zero". The virus remained localized until February 2014, when a healthcare worker in a neighboring province died. First ebola patient , the outbreak started with patient zero contaminated two more people which caught the attention of the general public once realized he came from another country airports required a screening which created more polices such as the three people in san diego county were being monsters for ebola for twenty one days with a phone call everyday from a certified clinic or hospital

MARCH 23,2014:Guinean officials say tests confirm that the Ebola virus has killed 59 people.
Ebola became more known worldwide.

LATE MARCH,2014: disease's early growth

May 26th, 2014: Sierra Leone confirmed its first deaths from the virus.

JUNE 17,2014: Ebola has spread to Liberia's capital of Monrovia, with a health official saying seven people have died there. People demonstrate

JUNE 18,2014: A World Health Organization report attributes 337 deaths to the Ebola virus, making this outbreak the worst recorded in history.

July 29,2014:Doctor leading Sierra Leone's Ebola fight dies

9. JULY 31,2014:The death toll attributed to the Ebola virus rises to more than 700 people in West Africa.

August 2nd, 2014: United States missionary doctor Kent Brantley, infected with Ebola in
Liberia, was flown to Atlanta for treatment

AUGUST 5,2014: Ebola patient is brought to the U.S., American missionary, Nancy Writebol is stricken with the disease. She is taken to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta and she goes onto recover in a special isolation unit for recovery and is then released.
August 8th, 2014:The WHO declared the Ebola epidemic a

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