24 October, 2014

EBOLA: MALI CONFIRMS FIRST INFECTION CASE

The Malian government has confirmed the first case of Ebola in the country.
According to the BBC, a two-year-old girl had tested positive for the haemorrhagic virus.
Reports said she recently returned from the neighbouring Guinea.
More than 4,800 people have died of Ebola - mainly in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone - since March.
Meanwhile, an international team of scientists has been set up to determine the effectiveness of using the blood of Ebola survivors as a treatment.

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