Mali - First confirmed case of Ebola in Kayes - a 2 year old girl from Kissidougou, Guinea - deceased

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Re: Mali - Kayes: 3 year old girl suspect case of Ebola after father dies in Guinea - Media rpt says MoH confirmed

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A 2nd source...

FIRST CASE OF EBOLA CONFIRMED IN MALI - HEALTH MINISTER
Thu Oct 23, 2014 9:20pm GMT

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Health Minister Ousmane Kone told state television that the patient in the western region of Kayes was a two-year-old girl who had recently arrived from neighbouring Guinea, where the outbreak began.

http://af.reuters.com/article/ghanaNews/idAFL6N0SI6D720141023

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Re: Mali - Confirmed Ebola case

Media report confirming this case. http://www.rfi.fr/contenu/ticker/pre...-malien-sante/

First Ebola case confirmed in Mali by the Malian Ministry of Health
This is a small 2 year old girl from the town of Kayes in the west. She returned (from) Guinea. Her family took her to the hospital spontaneously after the first symptoms. Analyzes confirmed this Thursday, October 23, she was a carrier of the Ebola virus.

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Re: Mali - Kayes: 3 year old girl suspect case of Ebola after father dies in Guinea

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Mali / Ebola suspected cases detected in Kayes

By Laura | Tags: Mali
French.china.org.cn | Updated 23-10-2014

A suspected case of Ebola haemorrhagic fever virus was detected in Kayes, a city in western Mali, 495 km from Bamako, told Xinhua medical sources.

According to the inhabitants of this city, it is a little girl who recently left the Guinea-Conakry with his aunt to return to Mali.

Reached by Xinhua, a doctor at the regional hospital in Kayes has confirmed this suspected case, adding a medical team has already arrived from Bamako in Kayes on Tuesday to take samples to confirm or rule out the disease Ebola virus. "

Another doctor Kayes said the "little girl and some of her relatives have been quarantined in the hospital."

For its part, the communications officer of the Malian Ministry of Health, Markati? Daou, also indicated that it is a suspect case.

"There is no cause for alarm because it is not confirmed. With the capacity of the Laboratory SEREFO of Bamako by the National Institute of Heath of the United States of America, the samples will be tested here even in Bamako in Mali. We hope that the tests are negative, "he has said.

Otherwise, "the arrangements put in place now by the government (of Mali) prevents the spread (of the disease)," reassured Mr. Daou. end

http://french.china.org.cn/foreign/txt/2014-10/23/content_33844076.htm

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Mali: 3 year old girl suspect case of Ebola after father dies in Guinea

http://www.malijet.com/la_societe_malienne_aujourdhui/la_sante_au_mali/114415-un-cas-suspect-d-ebola-a-kayes.html

Epidemic: a suspected case of Ebola reported in Kayes

The information was first given by our colleagues at Studio tamani before being confirmed Kayesinfo the site of a suspected case of Ebola was first discovered in Kayes region. According to reports, "there is a 3 year old girl whose father died in Guinea Conakry. She came to Mali with his aunt (living in Mali) that traveled to Guinea to fetch the girl in question. The girl and her aunt passed through Bamako Bagadadji neighborhood then they went to Kayes. Admitted last Tuesday in the regional hospital in Kayes, the girl and the people who have been in contact with her, are in quarantine. A technical team left Bamako on Wednesday morning to get to Kayes and take blood samples. "

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A suspected case of Ebola in Kayes

Posted: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 5:18 p.m. Views: 132

A suspected case of Ebola fever was reported in Kayes. A 3 year old girl whose father died in Guinea Conakry was admitted to the regional hospital. People who have approached her were placed in quarantine in the facility. A technical team of Bamako has to carry out blood tests to check the presence or not of the Ebola virus.
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http://www.studiotamani.org/index.php/societe/2053-un-cas-suspect-d-ebola-a-kayes

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Suspected case of Ebola in Kayes: time is not to panic!

Wednesday, October 22, 2014 6:38 p.m.

A suspected case of Ebola was reported today in Kayes. The suspect is a child of 2 years 6 months and he comes from Guinea Conakry. The child is currently isolated and a team is expected to examine the patient. But this is no time to panic. The authorities had taken many steps to prevent the disease and the virus can not to enter the Kayes region.
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http://kayesinfo.net/index.php/component/k2/item/1418-cas-suspect-d-ebola-a-kayes

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Epidemic: a suspected case of Ebola reported in Kayes

By Malijet - Date: 1 hour ago

The information was first given by our colleagues at Studio tamani before being confirmed on the site of Kayesinfo : a suspected case of Ebola was first discovered in Kayes region. According to reports, "it is a 3 year old girl whose father died in Guinea Conakry. She came to Mali with her aunt (living in Mali) that traveled to Guinea to fetch the girl in question. The girl and her aunt passed through Bamako in the neighborhood of Bagadadji then they went to Kayes. Admitted yesterday Tuesday to the regional hospital in Kayes, the girl and the people who have been in contact with her, are in quarantine. A technical team left Bamako on Wednesday morning to get to Kayes and take blood samples. "

This means that for now, nothing is confirmed yet and we must cross our fingers in anticipation, hope, of a negative result.
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http://www.malijet.com/la_societe_malienne_aujourdhui/la_sante_au_mali/114415-un-cas-suspect-d-ebola-a-kayes.html