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| Ebola outbreak: Mali on alert | Ebola outbreak: Mali on alert |
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| Mali is on alert over the deadly Ebola virus after three suspected cases were reported near the border with Guinea, where 86 people have died. | Mali is on alert over the deadly Ebola virus after three suspected cases were reported near the border with Guinea, where 86 people have died. |
| A BBC correspondent says there are tight controls on people entering the capital, Bamako, from the border area. | A BBC correspondent says there are tight controls on people entering the capital, Bamako, from the border area. |
| He says thermal-imaging cameras are screening passengers at the airport in case they have a fever. | He says thermal-imaging cameras are screening passengers at the airport in case they have a fever. |
| The virus, which is spread by close contact and kills 25%- 90% of its victims, has already spread to Liberia. | The virus, which is spread by close contact and kills 25%- 90% of its victims, has already spread to Liberia. |
| Six people have died in Liberia, out of 12 suspected cases, according to the local health authorities. | Six people have died in Liberia, out of 12 suspected cases, according to the local health authorities. |
| Sierra Leone has also reported suspected cases, while Senegal has closed its normally busy border with Guinea. | Sierra Leone has also reported suspected cases, while Senegal has closed its normally busy border with Guinea. |
| The BBC's Alou Diawara in Bamako says the three people feared to have Ebola have been moved to isolation wards on the the edge of the city. | |
| Samples have been sent to the US for testing and the results are expected in a few days. | |
| Mali's government has advised its national against all non-essential travel to areas affected by Ebola. | |
| The virus was first spotted in Guinea's remote south-eastern region of Nzerekore, where most of the deaths have been recorded. | |
| But it was not confirmed as Ebola for six weeks. | |
| It has now spread to Guinea's capital, Conakry, where five deaths have been recorded out of 12 suspected cases. | |
| Saudi Arabia suspended visas for Muslim pilgrims from Guinea and Liberia on Tuesday, in a sign of the growing unease about the outbreak. | |
| This is the first known outbreak in Guinea - most recent cases have been thousands of miles away in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. | |
| There is no known cure or vaccine for Ebola. | |
| The tropical virus leads to haemorrhagic fever, causing muscle pain, weakness, vomiting, diarrhoea and, in severe cases, organ failure and unstoppable bleeding. | The tropical virus leads to haemorrhagic fever, causing muscle pain, weakness, vomiting, diarrhoea and, in severe cases, organ failure and unstoppable bleeding. |