Nations fear Ebola epidemic

Uganda has 101 suspected cases of Ebola fever and hundreds more people being closely monitored, officials said Friday, as fear grew there and in neighboring countries that the deadly virus might spread.

Twenty-two people have died of the fever, said Dr. Emmanuel Otaala, minister of state for primary healthcare, and 11 health workers have fallen sick.

An additional 338 people were being monitored because they came in contact with those infected by the virulent hemorrhagic fever, which often causes victims to bleed to death through the ears, eyes and other orifices.