27 Plague Deaths Reported in Uganda
Associated Press
KAMPALA, Uganda —
Bubonic plague has killed 27 people in northern Uganda’s west Nile region since April, the government said Friday.
Another 250 people have become ill with the disease.
State-run Radio Uganda quoted the health minister, Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda, as saying a three-member medical team has been dispatched to the area.
Bubonic plague, known as the “Black Death” in 14th-Century Europe when it killed hundreds of thousands of people, is a contagious disease carried by fleas from infected rats.
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