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Uganda declares Ebola outbreak after Sudan strain found

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Ugandan health authorities on Tuesday reported that a man who died a day earlier had tested positive for the virus that causes Ebola. They said it’s still unknown how the man became infected with Ebola. Uganda has had multiple Ebola outbreaks, including one in 2000 that killed hundreds. Last month authorities in Congo said a new case of the Ebola virus in the eastern city of Beni was linked to a previous outbreak. Ebola, which is spread by contact with bodily fluids of an infected person or contaminated materials, manifests as a deadly hemorrhagic fever.

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Times of India

Uganda declares first Ebola death since 2019: Health ministry

Rest of World News: KAMPALA: Uganda's health ministry on Tuesday announced the country's first fatality from the highly contagious Ebola virus since 2019, declaring an ou.

2 years ago·India

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News18 India

As Rare Sudan Strain Triggers Ebola Outbreak in Uganda, All About the Virus, Symptoms & Treatment

First identified in 1976 in the DRC (then Zaire), the virus, whose natural host is the bat, has since set off a series of epidemics in Africa

2 years ago·India

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Reuters

Uganda declares Ebola outbreak after Sudan strain found

An outbreak of Ebola has been declared in Uganda after health authorities confirmed a case of the relatively rare Sudan strain, the health ministry and World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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CBC News

Uganda declares Ebola outbreak after Sudan strain found

An outbreak of Ebola has been declared in Uganda after health authorities confirmed a case of the relatively rare Sudan strain following the death of a 24-year-old man who showed symptoms.

2 years ago·Canada

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Daily Mirror

Ebola strikes again as country announces outbreak and first death in 3 years

The WHO's Africa Director Matshidiso Moeti said it is the first time in more than a decade that Uganda is recording the Ebola Sudan strain and that they are working closely to investigate the source of the outbreak

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Uganda confirms at least 1 case of Ebola hemorrhagic fever

Ugandan health authorities say a man who died this week has tested positive for the virus that causes Ebola. They said in a statement that it’s still unknown how the

2 years ago·United States

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