--- title: Nigeria Declares State of Emergency Amid Ebola Outbreak description: Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in his country Friday and approved more than $11 million to fight Ebola. canonical: https://time.com/3093530/ebola-nigeria-emergency/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-08T18:37:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T09:34:37.416Z article:section: Health og:title: Nigeria Declares State of Emergency Amid Ebola Outbreak og:description: Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in his country Friday and approved more than $11 million to fight Ebola. og:url: https://time.com/3093530/ebola-nigeria-emergency/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Nigeria Declares State of Emergency Amid Ebola Outbreak twitter:description: Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in his country Friday and approved more than $11 million to fight Ebola. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Nigeria Declares State of Emergency Amid Ebola Outbreak ## Video: CDC Issues Highest Level Alert for Ebola: Here’s What You Need to Know [Watch (HLS stream): CDC Issues Highest Level Alert for Ebola: Here’s What You Need to Know](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/aK245YiE.m3u8) (1:16)  _Published 2014-08-08. The CDC’s “level 1 activation” is reserved for the most serious public health emergencies_  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Aug 8, 2014 6:37 PM UTC  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Aug 8, 2014 6:37 PM UTC Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency Friday amid an Ebola outbreak plaguing West Africa, approving more than $11 million to fight the deadly disease. Jonathan’s move comes as the deadly disease has infected at least 1,700 people and left more than 900 dead, mostly in nearby Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, only has seven confirmed cases and two deaths, but health officials fear that the disease’s [arrival there](http://time.com/3089072/ebola-outbreak-nigeria-lagos/) would drastically escalate the severity of the crisis. Nigeria’s state of emergency declaration comes on the heels of the World Health Organization [declaring](http://time.com/3091143/world-health-organization-emergency-ebola-west-africa/) the Ebola outbreak an international public health emergency, while Liberia and Sierra Leone have also declared similar national emergencies over the virus. Want to know more about Ebola? 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