page_title: Ebola virus epidemic in Liberia
section_title: November
hierarchical_section_title: Ebola virus epidemic in Liberia / Start of outbreak: 2014 / November
caption_attribution_description: English: The reported weekly cases of Ebola in Liberia as listed on Wikipedia [:en:Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa], some values are interpolated.
context_page_description: An epidemic of Ebola virus disease occurred in Liberia from 2014 to 2015, along with the neighbouring countries of Guinea and Sierra Leone. The first cases of virus were reported by late March 2014. The Ebola virus, a biosafety level four pathogen, is an RNA virus discovered in 1976.
  Before the outbreak of the Ebola epidemic the country had 50 doctors for its population of 4.3 million. The country's health system was seriously weakened by a civil war that ended in 2003.
context_section_description: By 5 November, Liberia had 6,525 cases (including 1,627 probable, 2,447 suspected cases) and 2,697 deaths.
  The 5 November WHO situation report noted that, "There appears to be some evidence of a decline at the national level in Liberia, although new case numbers remain high in parts of the country." A report by CDC released on 14 November, based on data collected from Lofa county, indicates that there has been a genuine reduction in new infections. This is credited to an integrated strategy combining isolation and treatment with community behaviour change including safe burial practices, case finding and contract tracing – this strategy might serve as a model to implement in other affected areas to accelerate control of Ebola. Roselyn Nugba-Ballah led the Safe & Dignified Burial Practices Team for the Liberian Red Cross and was awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal for her work during the crisis in 2017.
  On 13 November, the Liberian President announced the lifting of the state of emergency in the country following the decrease in the number of new cases in the country.  The decline in Liberia cases is contradicted in the latest reports from WHO with 439 new cases reported between 23 and 28 November.
caption: The reported weekly cases of Ebola in Liberia as listed on Wikipedia's 2014 Ebola Virus in West Africa timeline of reported cases and deaths; some values are interpolated.
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