EBOLA: Mali records 1st case of Ebola after 2yr old girl contracts the disease

Mali has recorded its first case of Ebola after a 2 year girl who had come into the country from Guinea, one of the worst hit with the Ebola epidemic, came down with fever and was diagnosed with the deadly virus yesterday October 23rd.

Confirming the development, Malian Health Minister, Ousmane Kone, said the girl is undergoing treatment now and is responding to treatment...

 

"The condition of the girl, according to our services, is improving. Thanks to her rapid treatment"

Mali becomes the sixth African country to record a case of Ebola after Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Senegal.