Mali steps up border controls after Ebola case arrives from Guinea
By Tiemoko Diallo
Reuters.com
Thu Nov 13, 2014
(Reuters) – Mali said it was reinforcing health controls at border posts but has no plans to close its frontiers after a man with Ebola arrived from Guinea and infected others including a nurse who has died of the virus.
President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta also urged the World Health Organization (WHO) and health services in Mali and neighboring states to set up a permanent information exchange to disseminate information about public health and hygiene.
The worst outbreak of the virus on record has claimed at least 5,160 lives in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea and has led to a global watch for cases outside the region. Mali shares an 800 km (500 mile) border with Guinea.
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