2 year old girl is first Ebola victim in MALI

An Ebola victim being cremated in West Africa.

Mali has had its first confirmed case of Ebola.The victim is a 2 year old girl who was brought in from Guinea,a neighbouring country.
Guinea was the country where it was reported this years Ebola outbreak started from, World
Health Organization spokeswoman Yvette Bivigou said.
The girl, whose father died of Ebola, was taken to the hospital in Kayes after a nurse noticed she was suffering from what appeared to be Ebola-like symptoms. A test confirmed the girl has Ebola, Health Ministry spokeswoman Markatie Daou said.
"The girl is still in the hospital in Kayes together with members of her family who might have been exposed to the virus," she said.

The confirmed case in Mali makes it the sixth West African country to be hit by the virus, which the WHO reported has killed more than 4,800 people.
Ousmane Kone, Mali's minister for public health, called for people in Kayes, west of the capital city of Bamako, to "stay calm" and observe "hygiene measures."
"We identified the first contacts of the patient," he said. Even so, he asked anyone who had contact with the girl to contact authorities.
The news comes just days after the WHO announced that vaccine trials are expected to begin in January in West Africa.
The initial vaccine tests are being given to volunteers in countries such as Mali, the United States and England.
Our thoughts are with that poor little 2 year old girl.I hope she survives the dreadful Ebola disease which is making 2014 a very bad year.