The Malian government has confirmed that there's Ebola their country.
The first case of the virus was confirmed in a two-year-old girl who tested positive. The girl recently returned from the neighboring Guinea, which is being ravaged by the disease.
The first case of the virus was confirmed in a two-year-old girl who tested positive. The girl recently returned from the neighboring Guinea, which is being ravaged by the disease.
According to the Malian Health Minister ,Ousmane Kone, 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 came 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.