Mali has confirmed its first case of Ebola just one week after the World Health Organisation, (WHO), named the country most vulnerable to an outbreak.<br /><br />A two-year-old girl has tested positive for the virus in the Malian city of Bamako after returning from Guinea, the country hardest hit by the outbreak.<br /><br />Mali shares a border with Cote d’Ivoire which is also affected.<br /><br />“The condition of the girl, as stated in the report is improving, thanks to the early detection,” explained Minister for Health and Public Hygiene Ousmane Kone. “And I want to make clear that a fever and illness connected to Ebola are not always fatal.”<br /><br />The latest WHO figures say Ebola has now killed at least 4,800 people and affected nearly 10,000 across West Africa.<br /><br />Nearly all cases and deaths have occured in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.
