Ebola Hits Mali, Kills First Recorded Victim

The Malian government has confirmed the case of Ebola in their country as a two-year-old girl has tested positive. The girl, who recently returned from the neighboring Guinea, died in the late hours of Friday, 24 October, 2014

Mali’s Health Minister ,Ousmane Kone, said that 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 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.