Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita says there are no more confirmed cases of the Ebola virus in the West African country after the last patient infected with the disease was cured.
“At this moment, there are no cases of infection (in Mali),” Keita told a summit of Francophone nations in Senegal on Saturday.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said earlier this week that Mali had registered eight cases of Ebola, seven of them confirmed and one probable. WHO said six of those infected have died.
“The suspected case turned out to be negative and the day before yesterday we had the good news of the first cured case of Ebola so I can now say zero cases in Mali,” Keita said.
According to WHO, over 16,000 people have been infected with the deadly virus and around 7,000 have died from the disease.
Most of the new deaths were recorded in Liberia, which along with Sierra Leone and Guinea, is the epicenter of an Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
Ebola spreads through contact with bodily fluids such as blood, saliva, and sweat. It has killed around two-thirds of those it has infected over the last four decades.
Ebola is a form of hemorrhagic fever whose symptoms are diarrhea, vomiting and bleeding. The virus spreads through direct contact with infected blood, feces or sweat. It can be also spread through sexual contact or the unprotected handling of contaminated corpses. There is currently no known cure for Ebola.no-more-ebola-cases-in-mali/
“At this moment, there are no cases of infection (in Mali),” Keita told a summit of Francophone nations in Senegal on Saturday.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said earlier this week that Mali had registered eight cases of Ebola, seven of them confirmed and one probable. WHO said six of those infected have died.
“The suspected case turned out to be negative and the day before yesterday we had the good news of the first cured case of Ebola so I can now say zero cases in Mali,” Keita said.
According to WHO, over 16,000 people have been infected with the deadly virus and around 7,000 have died from the disease.
Most of the new deaths were recorded in Liberia, which along with Sierra Leone and Guinea, is the epicenter of an Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
Ebola spreads through contact with bodily fluids such as blood, saliva, and sweat. It has killed around two-thirds of those it has infected over the last four decades.
Ebola is a form of hemorrhagic fever whose symptoms are diarrhea, vomiting and bleeding. The virus spreads through direct contact with infected blood, feces or sweat. It can be also spread through sexual contact or the unprotected handling of contaminated corpses. There is currently no known cure for Ebola.no-more-ebola-cases-in-mali/
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