Among the following, which were frequently mentioned in the news for t

Among the following, which were frequently mentioned in the news for the outbreak of Ebola virus recently?

Syria and Jordan

Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia

Philippines and Papua New Guinea

Jamaica, Haiti and Surinam

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UPSC IAS – 2015

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The major outbreak of the Ebola virus that received extensive global attention in the years preceding this question (likely referring to the 2014-2016 epidemic) primarily occurred in West Africa.

The affected countries most frequently mentioned in the news for this particular outbreak were Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia.

While other Ebola outbreaks have occurred in different African countries at various times, the scale and international impact of the 2014-2016 West African epidemic made these three countries synonymous with the disease in recent news reports during that period. The other options list countries from different regions not primarily affected by this major outbreak.

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