[stem-ebola] West Africa: Mali Confirms First Ebola Case

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BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali confirmed its first case of Ebola on Thursday, 
becoming the sixth West African country to be touched by the worst 
outbreak on record of the hemorrhagic fever, which has killed nearly 
4,900 people.

Mali's Health Minister Ousmane Kone told state television that the 
patient in the western town of Kayes was a two-year-old girl who had 
recently arrived from neighboring Guinea, where the outbreak began.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/23/mali-first-case-ebola