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