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Ebola outbreak reaches Nigeria as Kenya reports second death

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 40 81 6 Oct 7 Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 31 Oct 1 Nov 21 Oct 12:21 UTC · Nigeria confirms first Ebola case as Kenya infections rise to nine 22 Oct 00:14 UTC · Nigeria confirms first Ebola case as Kenya infections rise 22 Oct 12:16 UTC · Africa CDC calls crisis meeting as Bundibugyo Ebola reaches Nigeria and Kenya 22 Oct 18:15 UTC · Ebola outbreak reaches Nigeria as Kenya reports more infections 23 Oct 14:18 UTC · Africa CDC calls emergency meeting as Ebola outbreak reaches Nigeria 23 Oct 18:15 UTC · Africa CDC calls emergency meeting as Ebola reaches Nigeria 24 Oct 00:13 UTC · Africa CDC calls emergency meeting as Ebola outbreak spreads across regions 25 Oct 00:16 UTC · Ebola outbreak reaches Nigeria as Kenya reports second death

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 8 HEADLINES

  1. 21 Oct, 12:21 UTC

    Nigeria confirms first Ebola case as Kenya infections rise to nine

  2. 22 Oct, 00:14 UTC

    Nigeria confirms first Ebola case as Kenya infections rise

  3. 22 Oct, 12:16 UTC

    Africa CDC calls crisis meeting as Bundibugyo Ebola reaches Nigeria and Kenya

  4. 22 Oct, 18:15 UTC

    Ebola outbreak reaches Nigeria as Kenya reports more infections

  5. 23 Oct, 14:18 UTC

    Africa CDC calls emergency meeting as Ebola outbreak reaches Nigeria

  6. 23 Oct, 18:15 UTC

    Africa CDC calls emergency meeting as Ebola reaches Nigeria

  7. 24 Oct, 00:13 UTC

    Africa CDC calls emergency meeting as Ebola outbreak spreads across regions

  8. 25 Oct, 00:16 UTC

    Ebola outbreak reaches Nigeria as Kenya reports second death

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Ebola Bundibugyo · 2 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Disease Control · from 21 Oct 21:32, 4 outlets
  • Jean Kaseya · from 20 Oct 23:18, 3 outlets
  • Muhammad Pate · from 21 Oct 21:32, 2 outlets
  • Nigeria Centre · from 21 Oct 21:32, 2 outlets
  • European Centre · from 23 Oct 17:02, 2 outlets
  • Disease Prevention · from 23 Oct 17:02, 2 outlets
  • 10,000 confirmed cases · from 27 Oct 10:15, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • confirmed cases: 7,773 (1 from 7 Oct 17:33) → 8,728 (1 from 23 Oct 13:19) → 9,552 (1 from 23 Oct 17:02) → 8,600 (1 from 24 Oct 21:22) → 10,000 (2 from 27 Oct 10:15) → 10,172 (1 from 29 Oct 19:30) → 10,141 (1 from 29 Oct 19:30) → 20 (1 from 29 Oct 19:30) → 10,300 (1 from 31 Oct 15:16)
  • deaths across: 3,759 (1 from 7 Oct 17:33) → 259 (1 from 7 Oct 17:33) → 4,932 (1 from 29 Oct 19:30)
  • people been: 44 (1 from 21 Oct 21:32) → 9,500 (1 from 22 Oct 08:16) → 10,000 (1 from 28 Oct 11:28)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.