BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Malian health
officials say the country has no new Ebola cases as dozens of family
members who were exposed to a toddler with the disease have now cleared
their 21-day quarantine.
Markatie
Daou, spokesman for the Malian Health Department, said Tuesday that 29
people who had been quarantined in Bamako, Mali's capital, have shown no
signs of the disease.
The
family had been visited by a toddler who contracted Ebola in neighboring
Guinea. Other family members she visited in Kayes remain under
observation.
The little girl
died shortly after being diagnosed with Ebola and health workers quickly
tracked down anyone who had had contact with her while she had
symptoms.
The death is Mali's only known Ebola case, while nearly 5,000 others have succumbed to the virus across West Africa.