Ebola virus epidemic in Sierra Leone of the outbreak in Sierra Leone in late May 2014, several people have been evacuated. An increasing lack of hospital beds, medical equipment, and health care personnel made treatment difficult.On 24 August William Pooley, a British nurse, was evacuated from Sierra Leone. He was released on September 3, 2014. In October 2014 he announced he would return to Sierra Leone. On 21 September 2014 Spain evacuated a Catholic priest who had contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone with Hospital Order of San Juan de Dios. He died on the 25th September in Madrid. On 6 October 2014 a nurse
2018 Kivu Ebola outbreak time to treat infected individuals during this EVD outbreak. An alternative treatment of ZMapp has not been used because it requires storage at . On 25 November, the Democratic Republic of the Congo gave approval to start clinical trials for Ebola (EVD) treatment. Medical authorities will not choose which of the four experimental treatments will be given to an individual; instead it will be randomized. On 8 August, the process of vaccination began with rVSV-ZEBOV Ebola vaccine. Although the Ebola vaccine has had efficacy, a review by Medaglini "et al." indicated that "long-term protection is undefined" via the vaccine mechanism.