Uganda’s health ministry has announced the country’s first death from the highly contagious Ebola virus since 2019, declaring an outbreak in the central district of Mubende.
“The confirmed case is a 24-year-old male… (who) presented with EVD symptoms and later succumbed,” the ministry said on Twitter, using an abbreviation for Ebola virus disease.
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In a statement released earlier, the World Health Organization said a 24-year-old man in Mubende had tested positive for “the relatively rare Sudan strain” of the virus.
“This follows an investigation by the National Rapid Response team of six suspicious deaths that have occurred in the district this month,” WHO said.