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Mali Confirms First Case Of Ebola

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The Mali government
has confirmed the first case of Ebola in the country. It said a two-year-old
girl had tested positive for the haemorrhagic virus. She recently returned from
the neighboring Guinea.
According to the Malian
Health Minister ,Ousmane Kone, said the infected girl was being treated in the
western town of Kayes. She was brought to
a local hospital on Wednesday and her blood sample was Ebola-positive, Mr Kone
said.
The child and those
who have come into contact with her have been put in quarantine. The girl’s mother
died in Guinea a few weeks ago and the child was then brought by relatives to
Mali.
Mali is now the
sixth West African country to be affected by the latest Ebola outbreak –
however Senegal and Nigeria have since been declared virus-free by the WHO.
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