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 The government said the death of the doctor, whose name was not
released, brought the total number of those who have died of Ebola
in Mali to five. Before Thursday's announcement, the World Health
Organization was already reporting five Ebola deaths in Mali, while
medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) put the figure at
seven.
The doctor worked at the Bamako clinic where Oussa Koita, a
70-year-old imam from Guinea who traveled to Mali last month, was
admitted and wrongly diagnosed with kidney problems. He died but had
already exposed others to the disease.
The doctor tested positive for Ebola on Nov. 12.
MSF said later on Thursday that is was evacuating home a Spanish
member of its staff in Bamako after the worker was pricked by a
needle that had been used on a confirmed Ebola patient earlier in
the day.
"The member of the team is not showing symptoms of the disease and
the repatriation is part of the protocols established by the medical
organization for security and preventive measures," MSF said in a
statement.
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(Reporting by Tiemoko Diallo and Cheik Amadou Diouare in Bamako and
David Lewis in Dakar; Writing by Joe Bavier; Editing by Ralph
Boulton, Emma Farge, Toni Reinhold)
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