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Two dead in new outbreak of Ebola in Uganda: minister

A fresh outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in central Uganda has killed at least two people, the health minister said on Thursday. The virus has killed two members of the same family since Saturday about 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the capital Kampala, said Health Minister Christine Ondoa. “The…

WHO: Unganda Ebola outbreak ‘coming to an end’

Uganda’s latest outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus appears to be over, the World Health Organisation said Monday, pointing out that no new cases had been confirmed for the past month. “There have been no new confirmed cases of Ebola haemorrhagic fever reported in Kibaale district, Uganda, since August 3, 2012, indicating that the outbreak is…

Toll in Uganda’s Ebola outbreak rises to 16: WHO

The latest outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus has killed 16 people in Uganda, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, increasing the previous toll by one. “Today we have 50 suspected cases and 16 dead,” WHO spokesman Tarek Jasarevic told reporters in Geneva. For the time being the…