At the end of a 21-day quarantine of 108 people linked to Mali's first Ebola case, the country has announced two Ebola deaths unrelated to the first case.
In the country's first Ebola case, a two-year-old girl died from Ebola in October. Wednesday's announcement includes the death of a Malian nurse. Mahamadou Camara, Mali's information minister, also announced that a new group of people is being observed for potential infection.
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