The BBC reports that this is the second confirmed death from the Ebola Virus disease in the country.
According to health officials, the late nurse had treated a man who arrived from Guinea at the Pasteur Clinic in Bamako, capital of Mali.
It was however, gathered that the clinic has been quarantined.
Reports say the latest case is unrelated to the two-year-old girl who died from the disease in late October.
About 5,000 people have been confirmed to have died from Ebola in West Africa, mostly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Only recently, the WHO declared the Ebola epidermic a global health emergency.
According to health officials, the late nurse had treated a man who arrived from Guinea at the Pasteur Clinic in Bamako, capital of Mali.
It was however, gathered that the clinic has been quarantined.
Ebola is transferred through direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected people.
About 5,000 people have been confirmed to have died from Ebola in West Africa, mostly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Only recently, the WHO declared the Ebola epidermic a global health emergency.
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