Author: RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 06/03/2025 | 20:35:55
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Uganda’s Ebola caseload increased to 14 in the last week, a public health agency says. Three of five new cases have been confirmed, with two cited as probably Ebol. The Africa CDC reports there was no direct epidemiological link between the new cluster and another one accounting for nine previous cases. Uganda’s last outbreak, discovered in September 2022, killed at least 55 people before it was declared over in January 2023. Dr. Emmanuel Batiibwe, a hospital director who helped lead efforts to stop that outbreak, described the current one as “amorphous” throwing up sporadic cases that require more serious surveillance to locate and isolate contacts. Uganda has had multiple Ebola outbreaks, including one in 2000 that killed hundreds.
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