--- title: Mali Is Now Ebola-Free According to World Health Organization description: The country has gone 42 days without reporting a new case, the WHO says canonical: https://time.com/3673242/mali-ebola-free/ author: David Stout article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-19T06:31:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T03:40:53.378Z article:section: Health og:title: Mali Is Ebola-Free og:description: The country has gone 42 days without reporting a new case. og:url: https://time.com/3673242/mali-ebola-free/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt10a6ac45aa3fbb8d/69877aa55f570f183bb14c7e/ebola-in-mali.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Mali Ebola Spared No More og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mali Is Ebola-Free twitter:description: The country has gone 42 days without reporting a new case. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt10a6ac45aa3fbb8d/69877aa55f570f183bb14c7e/ebola-in-mali.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Mali Is Now Ebola-Free by [David Stout](https://time.com/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Jan 19, 2015 6:31 AM UTC  A health worker sprays disinfectants near a mosque, after the body of a man suspected of dying from the Ebola virus was washed inside before being buried in Bamako, Mali A health worker sprays disinfectants near a mosque, after the body of a man suspected of dying from the Ebola virus was washed inside before being buried in Bamako, MaliBaba Ahmed—AP by [David Stout](https://time.com/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Jan 19, 2015 6:31 AM UTC Mali is officially [Ebola-free](http://www.afro.who.int/fr/mali/press-materials/item/7289-le-mali-et-l%E2%80%99oms-annoncent-la-fin-de-l%C3%A9pid%C3%A9mie-de-la-maladie-%C3%A0-virus-ebola-dans-le-pays.html) after going 42 days without reporting a new case, according to the World Health Organization. The country’s Health Minister Ousmane Kone made an announcement during a national broadcast on Sunday night. During his speech, Kone heaped praise on the country’s health workers and Malian authorities for “weeks of intense work” that led to the result, [according](http://news.yahoo.com/mali-government-un-declare-country-ebola-free-221318115.html) to Agence France-Presse. Mali recorded its first Ebola case in October after a 2-year-old [contracted](http://time.com/3535363/mali-minister-of-health-confirms-first-ebola-case/) the deadly virus. Following the incident, the country launched a massive eradication campaign. In total, the disease only infected eight people in the country, but six of them were killed by it, according to statistics compiled by the WHO. More than 8,400 people have succumbed to the deadly virus in West Africa. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3673242/mali-ebola-free/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3673242/mali-ebola-free/"},"headline":"Mali Is Now Ebola-Free","datePublished":"2015-01-19T06:31:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:40:53.378Z","description":"The country has gone 42 days without reporting a new case","url":"https://time.com/3673242/mali-ebola-free/","keywords":["ebola","Mali","health","World Health Organization","West Africa"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt10a6ac45aa3fbb8d/69877aa55f570f183bb14c7e/ebola-in-mali.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"David Stout","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/david-stout/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt10a6ac45aa3fbb8d/69877aa55f570f183bb14c7e/ebola-in-mali.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Mali Ebola Spared No More","caption":"Mali Ebola Spared No More","creditText":"Baba Ahmed—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/ebola/","name":"ebola"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3673242/mali-ebola-free/","name":"Mali Is Now Ebola-Free"}}]}] ```