Uganda Ebola Outbreak Widens; Death Toll Reaches 106
Despite efforts to contain an Ebola outbreak in Uganda, a case of the deadly virus has been confirmed in a third district, a health official said Sunday.
The new case was found in Masindi, 112 miles northwest of Kampala, the capital, said Francis Omaswa, director-general of Uganda’s health services.
Another Ebola victim died in Gulu, 225 miles north of the capital, where the outbreak was first confirmed Oct. 14, he said. That brings the death toll in the outbreak to 106.
Health officials had hoped to contain the virus in Gulu district, but on Nov. 2 a soldier who had been in Gulu was confirmed to have died of the disease in Mbarara, 175 miles southwest of Kampala. Since then, three more have died of Ebola in Mbarara.
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