Ebola is a deadly virus. In 1976, a farmer died of the virus on the banks of the Ebola River in Congo, Africa. The dead farmer’s eyes, nose, ears and throat were bleeding. The virus was named Ebola virus after the river. An outbreak of the Ebola virus in Zaire, Africa. In 2014-15, the Ebola outbreak killed 11,000 people, including 250 health workers, in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. Disease symptoms appear within 2-21 days.