Mali’s Minister of Health said the country has its first case of Ebola in a tweet Thursday.
The patient is reportedly a two-year-old girl who recently came into the country from Guinea, Reuters reported. The country borders Guinea, where the Ebola outbreak started. Mali is one of the first countries to start experimental vaccine trials.
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