Mali's government said friday that a person with Ebola had been successfully treated in Mali. It's the first case of healing in a country where another confirmed case was being treated.
"We announce the first case of healing a person with Ebola virus. This person was treated effectively. It has been tested twice, it is negative," said Health Minister Ousmane Kone during a press conference.
Mr. Kone was speaking in the presence of the head of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Reponse (UNMEER) in Mali, Dr. Ibrahima Fall Socé. The minister declined to specify whether it was a man or a woman. According to an AFP journalist in Bamako, he is a man. And another person confirmed with the virus remained in treatment friday. In addition, a suspected case had tested negative to the virus further indicated Ousmane Kone. A total of 285 people who have had contact with the virus carriers were under medical supervision, he added.
Mali, the last country affected by the epidemic in West Africa, reported seven deaths on its territory due to Ebola : a two-year-old girl came from neighboring Guinea, which resulted in no spread, and arrived a imam also of Guinea, which contaminated directly or indirectly seven people, five of whom died.
Start in december 2013 in southern Guinea, Ebola outbreak killed nearly 1,300 dead in this country, on some 5,700 deaths recorded, including more than 3,000 in Liberia and some 1,400 in Sierra Leone, two neighboring countries. According to a comprehensive review of the World Health Organization (WHO) as at dovember 23, haemorrhagic fever has 5689 a total of 15,935 cases in eight countries.
But the fight progresses, with slowing the spread, particularly in Guinea and Liberia.
Source : L'actualité 24
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