It has been reported that at least 90 people have been quarantined in Mali in attempts to keep the disease from spreading further in the country.
Fears of a full blown outbreak arose in the West African nation after a case of Ebola went undiagnosed in an Imam who had arrived from Guinea.
A nurse who treated him at the Pasteur Clinic in Bamako came down with the disease and died in Mail.
Malian authorities have begun the frantic search for anyone who might have come in contact with the late cleric whose body was washed at a mosque before being returned to Guinea for burial.
20 United Nations peace keepers are among those being observed for symptoms of the disease.
Mali recorded its first case of Ebola in a 2-year-old girl who also arrived from Guinea but is not connected to the latest outbreak.
Credit: AFP
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