2015 Event The World Health Organization declares Liberia free of the Ebola virus after a period of 42 days with no new cases, which is twice the normal quarantine duration; over 4,700 people perished in the nation during the epidemic 2015 Event Sierra Leone Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana is entering a voluntary 21-day quarantine after one of his bodyguards dies of Ebola; spread of the virus has been slowing, but a recent increase in infections has led to new calls for precaution 2014 Event Sierra Leone has expanded the regions of the country subject to quarantine as the Ebola virus continues to spread; over 7,000 people in the nation have been infected and over 1,500 have died to date 2014 Event A court has ruled that Kaci Hickox, the Maine nurse who has fought against requirements to quarantine herself due to her contact in West Africa with Ebola patients, will not have to restrict her movements; Hickox has shown no signs of the virus 2014 Event Kaci Hickox, the first person held under New Jersey's new quarantine provisions for those who have worked with Ebola patients, speaks out to protest the conditions of her confinement at a local hospital; Hickox has tested negative for the virus 2014 Event Three U.S. states have now established quarantine rules for travelers arriving from West Africa who have had contact with Ebola victims; Illinois is the latest to implement the policy, following the lead of New York and New Jersey 2014 Event Residents of the West Point shantytown in Monrovia, Nigeria loot an Ebola quarantine center, stealing items that include contaminated bedsheets; patients flee during the raid, raising the risk of spreading the virus among the 50,000 slum inhabitants 1995 Event Kinshasa, Zaire under quarantine after an outbreak of Ebola virus 1979 Birthday Kaj-Erik Eriksen, actor, Quarantine 1912 Event Plant Quarantine Act goes into effect 1892 Event U.S. Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island, San Francisco Bay 1881 Event U.S. Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, San Francisco Bay 1881 Event California becomes 1st state to pass plant quarantine legislation 1855 Event Louisiana establishes 1st health board to regulate quarantine 1799 Event Congress passes 1st federal quarantine legislation 1743 Event Philadelphia establishes a "pesthouse" to quarantine immigrants
