Mali - Suspected Ebola Case

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Mali locks down health clinic over new suspected Ebola case
 BAMAKO (Reuters) - Police in the Malian capital Bamako locked down a 
clinic in an upscale neighbourhood on Tuesday evening after authorities 
said earlier in the day that they were testing a new suspected case of 
Ebola.

One medical officer said the person suspected to have Ebola 
was a nurse in the clinic who died on Tuesday evening. Government 
officials did not comment on the lockdown, the reported death or confirm
 if the tests had come back positive. 
Medical officials and 
diplomats said the nurse had been in contact with a man who arrived from
 Guinea and died in Mali with Ebola-like symptoms in late October. The 
man, whose body was returned to Guinea, was not tested for Ebola while 
he was being treated at the clinic, the officials said.
Mali became 
the sixth West African nation to record Ebola last month when a 
two-year-old girl died. It has not recorded any cases since then and 108
 people linked to the girl were due to complete their 21-day quarantine 
period on Tuesday.
Mali shares an 800 km (500 mile) border with 
Guinea, which alongside Liberia and Sierra Leone has been worst affected
 by an Ebola outbreak that has killed nearly 5,000 people this year.
Even
 though the new case was brought in from neighbouring Guinea like the 
girl, aid workers and government officials said there are no links 
between the two cases.
A Reuters reporter said that by nightfall 
police had deployed in the area around the Pasteur Clinic in the ACI 
2000 neighbourhood. One medical official who worked in the clinic, who 
asked not to be identified, said the nurse died Tuesday evening. Another
 doctor was ill and had been quarantined, the official said. 

 (Reporting by Joe Penney and Tiemoko D  Writing and additional reporting by David L  Editing by Grant McCool)

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Schrödinger's Cat Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Adviser Group Joined: September 27 2014 Location: Northwest Status: Offline Points: 1850	Post Options Post Reply Quote Schrödinger's Cat Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Mali - Suspected Ebola Case Posted: November 11 2014 at 6:45pm
	http://https://newhub.shafaqna.com/EN/UK/6613161 Mali locks down health clinic over new suspected Ebola case BAMAKO (Reuters) - Police in the Malian capital Bamako locked down a clinic in an upscale neighbourhood on Tuesday evening after authorities said earlier in the day that they were testing a new suspected case of Ebola. One medical officer said the person suspected to have Ebola was a nurse in the clinic who died on Tuesday evening. Government officials did not comment on the lockdown, the reported death or confirm if the tests had come back positive. Medical officials and diplomats said the nurse had been in contact with a man who arrived from Guinea and died in Mali with Ebola-like symptoms in late October. The man, whose body was returned to Guinea, was not tested for Ebola while he was being treated at the clinic, the officials said. Mali became the sixth West African nation to record Ebola last month when a two-year-old girl died. It has not recorded any cases since then and 108 people linked to the girl were due to complete their 21-day quarantine period on Tuesday. Mali shares an 800 km (500 mile) border with Guinea, which alongside Liberia and Sierra Leone has been worst affected by an Ebola outbreak that has killed nearly 5,000 people this year. Even though the new case was brought in from neighbouring Guinea like the girl, aid workers and government officials said there are no links between the two cases. A Reuters reporter said that by nightfall police had deployed in the area around the Pasteur Clinic in the ACI 2000 neighbourhood. One medical official who worked in the clinic, who asked not to be identified, said the nurse died Tuesday evening. Another doctor was ill and had been quarantined, the official said. (Reporting by Joe Penney and Tiemoko D Writing and additional reporting by David L Editing by Grant McCool)

Kay Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Adviser Group Joined: October 22 2014 Location: OHIO Status: Offline Points: 7205	Post Options Post Reply Quote Kay Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: November 11 2014 at 6:48pm
	Hopefully they react quickly and trace any contacts.

Kay Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Adviser Group Joined: October 22 2014 Location: OHIO Status: Offline Points: 7205	Post Options Post Reply Quote Kay Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: November 11 2014 at 7:26pm
	http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/11/12/health-ebola-mali-idINL6N0T15CN20141112 <span style="color: rgb0, 0, 0; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; : rgb255, 255, 255; ">One medical officer, who asked not to be identified, said the nurse who had Ebola died on Tuesday evening while another doctor was ill and had been quarantined. A government spokesman was not available to comment on the nurse's reported death</span>

onefluover Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: April 21 2013 Location: Death Valleyish Status: Offline Points: 20151	Post Options Post Reply Quote onefluover Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: November 11 2014 at 7:50pm
	From BBC: A Malian nurse has died of Ebola, the second confirmed death from the disease in the country. Officials say the nurse had treated a man who arrived from Guinea at the Pasteur Clinic in Bamako, and the clinic was now in quarantine. The latest case is unrelated to the first, when a two-year-old girl died from the disease in late October. Nearly 5,000 people have been killed in the West African outbreak, mostly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the outbreak a global health emergency. The new case in Mali comes a day after the WHO confirmed the release from quarantine of 25 of 100 people who were thought to have come into contact with the two-year-old girl who died on 24 October. Ebola is transferred through direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected people The toddler's case alarmed the authorities in Mali after it was found she had displayed symptoms whilst travelling through the country by bus, including the capital Bamako, on her return from neighbouring Guinea. Ebola was first identified in Guinea in March, before it spread to neighbouring Liberia and Sierra Leone. The WHO says there are now more than 13,240 confirmed, suspected and probable cases, almost all in these countries. Cases have also emerged, though on a much smaller scale, in Nigeria, Senegal, Spain and the US, as well as in Mali. Separately on Tuesday, it was confirmed that Morocco would no longer host the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations because of its fears over the Ebola outbreak. In other developments: Sierra Leone is offering $5,000 in compensation to the families of health workers who have died as a result of treating Ebola patients Local leaders of a village in Guinea have gone on hunger strike in protest against the military's presence there after an Ebola awareness team was killed in September The last known person in the US with Ebola, doctor Craig Spencer, has recovered and been released from hospital Mali launched an emergency response in conjunction with the WHO when the girl's situation came to light. Her family were among those released from quarantine on Monday. Health department spokesman Markatie Daou said around 50 people were still under observation in Kayes, western Mali, and would be released in a week if they continued to display no symptoms. Meanwhile, the virus is continuing to spread in Sierra Leone, with almost 300 new infections recorded in the last three days . .... With the baby and now nurse dead, the doctor sick
	"And then there were none."

Dutch Josh Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Adviser Group Joined: May 01 2013 Location: Arnhem-Netherla Status: Offline Points: 95547	Post Options Post Reply Quote Dutch Josh Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: November 12 2014 at 12:27am
	I understand that in this story a "witch-doctor" (marabout) was involved and that the Pasteur health center did not isolate this case. (http://malijet.com/la_societe_malienne_aujourdhui/la_sante_au_mali/115972-alerte-ebola-deces-d-un-malade-et-de-son-infirmier-a-la-clinique.html) Bamako is the capital and largest city of Mali, with a population of 1.8 million (2009 census, provisional). In 2006, it was estimated to be the fastest growing city in Africa and sixth-fastest in the world http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamako">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamako
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Dutch Josh Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Adviser Group Joined: May 01 2013 Location: Arnhem-Netherla Status: Offline Points: 95547	Post Options Post Reply Quote Dutch Josh Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: November 12 2014 at 12:34am
	Commune III has a population of 128,872 people (2009) and covers an area of 20,7 km². It is bounded on the north by the Kati, east by the Boulevard du Peuple, which separates it from the Commune II, south by the portion of the Niger River, between the Pont des Martyrs and the Motel de Bamako, and west by the Farako River and Avenue Cheick Zayed El Mahyan Ben Sultan with the neighborhood of ACI-2000. Commune III is the administrative and commercial center of Bamako. It accommodates in particular the two largest markets in the capital, the Grand Market and Didida. Twenty neighborhoods make up this commune and the villages pf Koulouninko and Sirakorodounfing were attached to the Commune III
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Dutch Josh Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Adviser Group Joined: May 01 2013 Location: Arnhem-Netherla Status: Offline Points: 95547	Post Options Post Reply Quote Dutch Josh Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: November 12 2014 at 12:37am
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamako The Pasteur-clinic is in the ACI-2000 neighbourhood.
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	That's 3 in Mali. The two yr old, the gent from Guinea, and the nurse. It could be a little more wide spread than what they're thinking. Thought they closed the borders?
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	Mali scrambles to contain Ebola after new confirmed death Bamako (AFP) - Mali scrambled Wednesday to contain an outbreak of Ebola as it confirmed the death of a nurse, its second fatal case but the first of the virus spreading within the country's borders. Officials say the nurse died Tuesday after treating a man who arrived from Guinea at a clinic in the capital Bamako. The patient was suffering from kidney failure and later died, medical sources said late Tuesday, and authorities now believe he also had Ebola, although this has not been confirmed. The Bamako clinic is now in quarantine. The case -- involving the first Ebola death of a Malian national in the country -- has raised fears of further contamination as it was unrelated to Mali's only other confirmed fatality, that of a two-year-old girl. Almost 5,000 people have been killed by Ebola in the west African outbreak according to official data from the World Health Organization (WHO), which says the true scale of the epidemic could be much greater. View photos A child walks past a school that was closed after the first confirmed Ebola patient in Mali died, in … The virus kills around 70 percent of its victims, often shutting down their organs and causing unstoppable bleeding. The new case in Mali came a day after the WHO said it had released from isolation 25 of more than 100 people thought to have come into contact with country's first victim. Two-year-old Fanta Conte died after returning from a trip to Guinea. The infection sparked panic as the toddler had travelled by bus and taxi with her grandmother, sister and uncle, making frequent stops on a trip of more than 1,200 kilometres (750 miles). They also spent two hours in Bamako, visiting relatives in a house of 25 people. Morocco was stripped of hosting football's 2015 Africa Cup of Nations on Tuesday and flung out of the competition after insisting that it wanted to postpone the tournament due to fears over the virus. View photos A sign at an Ebola treatment centre built by the US army, photographed on November 10, 2014 in Tubma … The virus is continuing to spread in Sierra Leone, where the WHO said cases were "still skyrocketing" in the west of the country, including the capital Freetown. - Drop in Liberia infections - There was better news in Liberia when the government said new cases had dropped from a daily peak of more than 500 in September to around 50. Ebola emerged in Guinea in December, spreading to neighbouring Liberia and then Sierra Leone, infecting at least 13,000 people. Cases have been identified, though on a much smaller scale, in Nigeria, Senegal, Spain and the United States. View photos Dr. Craig Spencer, who was diagnosed with Ebola in New York City last month, attends a news conferen … The last known person in the US with Ebola, 33-year-old doctor Craig Spencer, has recovered and been released from hospital. "New York City's first and only Ebola case is successfully treated. Dr Spencer is Ebola-free and New York City is Ebola-free," Mayor Bill de Blasio proclaimed at the hospital, to cheers and applause. Spencer said he was "healthy and no longer infectious". "My early detection reporting and now recovery from Ebola, speaks to the effectiveness of the protocols that are in place for health staff returning from West Africa," he said. The US has treated nine victims of the virus, which spreads through contact with infected bodily fluids. A total of 289 people in New York continue to be monitored for possible Ebola symptoms, including Spencer's fiancee and staff who helped treat the doctor. The Gambia, which remains Ebola-free, announced Tuesday it had re-opened its land borders to travellers from Sierra Leone and the other Ebola-hit nations. http://news.yahoo.com/mali-suffers-ebola-case-death-nurse-224857619.html
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	Some crazy things happening in W. Africa. Gambia is North of Guinea. People have to travel through Guinea first or fly to Gambia. And Ebola is also in Mali? Clearly people are fleeing North bound and Senegal is about to be in trouble in about 3 - 4 weeks. No doubt Liberians are also moving Northward in a heard through Guinea. Big wave of death moving through Guinea. Watch for explosion of cases in Guinea dwarfing Liberia and Sierra Leone. They're about to lose containment in W. Africa, in my opinion of course.
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	In my opinion it is a miracle that so far the main-ebola outbreak was contained to the three west-african countries. The hole region is at risk. If the economy starts to break down people will start moving to places were they can live. Bamako also has a lot of refugees from the northern part of Mali were is a (civil)war with muslimextremists partly from Libya and Algeria. Mali has a desert as a northern border-no controls into Libya.
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Mali - Suspected Ebola Case

Mali locks down health clinic over new suspected Ebola case

Mali scrambles to contain Ebola after new confirmed death