Update: A 2-years-old baby Mali Ebola patient is dead

A two-year-old girl has died of Ebola in Mali on Friday following a visit to Guinea, shortly after the World Health Organization warned that many people had potentially been exposed to the virus because she was taken across the country while ill. She is the first case recorded in the country.

In a statement on Friday night, Mali's government confirmed the death of the girl, who has not been identified.

"In this moment of sadness, the government would like to express its condolences to her family and reminds the population that maintain very strict hygiene rules remains the best way to contain this disease," it said.

The worst Ebola outbreak on record has killed 4,900  and also more than 10,000 cases, mainly in nearby Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.