Mali: last known Ebola case cured, released
BAMAKO (Mali) — The Malian Health Ministry says the last Ebola patient being treated in the country has survived the disease and has been released.
A photo of the Ebola virus is displayed on a television monitor during a hearing on the Ebola outbreak at the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept 17, 2014. Photo: AP
BAMAKO (Mali) — The Malian Health Ministry says the last Ebola patient being treated in the country has survived the disease and has been released.
The ministry said in a statement posted on its website today (Dec 12) that the patient was discharged a day earlier after several Ebola tests came back negative.
Mali has recorded eight cases of Ebola, all of them linked to people who crossed from neighbouring Guinea. The ministry said that the country now has no confirmed or suspected cases, but authorities are still monitoring 26 people who had contact with the sick. A person infected with Ebola can take up to 21 days to show symptoms.
Ebola, which was first identified in Guinea in this outbreak, has sickened more than 18,100 people, killing about 6,500 of them. AP
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