Ebola Spreads to Mali as WHO Races to Contain Outbreak
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Ebola spread to the sixth West African country as a 2-year-old girl succumbed to the disease in Mali, opening a new front in the effort to prevent the outbreak of the deadly viral infection from spreading further.
The toddler, who traveled from Kissidougou, Guinea, with her family to Mali and who tested positive for Ebola after being hospitalized died, Abdoulaye Cisse, a spokesman for the World Health Organization in the country, said by phone today. She was admitted to a hospital in Kayes yesterday, Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita’s office said earlier in a statement.