Mali suffers second Ebola case with death of a nurse

AFP / The Malaysian Insider ^ | November 12 | Staff

[PghBaldy]

Mali has suffered a new case of Ebola infection – separate from its only other one detected last month – with the death of a nurse who treated a patient from Guinea, medical sources said late Tuesday.

"The nurse, who had been in contact with a Guinean national who died of the illness, died in turn," said official at the Pasteur Clinic in the capital Bamako, where the male nurse worked.

[PghBaldy]

It would not be shocking if there are more cases to come in Mali, given patient zero traveled hundreds of miles by bus while very sick...

[PghBaldy]

I searched for “Mali” twice, and did not see the other article, by another source...Sorry.

[Pollster1]

This case was not reported to WHO before the death, as far as I can see, and it looks like Mali is avoiding both testing and reporting to delay the impact on their economy. I’m not sure this strategy will work out in the long run.

[PghBaldy]

Here is the earlier thread which I missed: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3225998/posts