Mali Records 5 Ebola Deaths And 5 Confirmed Cases

Mali has recorded five Ebola deaths and five confirmed cases in the country, as the epidemic claims over 5,400 victims around the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. The latest Ebola deaths included a two-year-old girl who transported the virus into Mali and later died on October 24, according to the WHO. However, the child did not pass the deadly virus to anyone else in the country, the health organization added. All five confirmed deaths in Mali have been linked to a 70-year-old imam from Guinea, who was admitted to the Pasteur Clinic in the capital, Bamako, on October 25, and died two days later, the WHO stated. Among the deaths are a nurse, a doctor and a friend of the imam.The imam is recorded as a Guinea case, however, because he developed symptoms in that country. In order to stop the spread of the virus in Mali, 338 contacts have been identified, of which 303 have been placed under daily surveillance, the WHO noted.