New Ebola Outbreak Kills Two in Uganda

Uganda's health minister on Thursday said that a new outbreak of Ebola virus has claimed at least two lives in the central part.

The virus has killed two members of the same family since Saturday about 50 kilometers (30 miles) from the capital Kampala, said Health Minister Christine Ondoa.

"The ministry of health would like to inform the general public that another viral hemorrhagic fever, Ebola, has broken out in the country," Ondoa said.

A third man also died in the area late last month after showing symptoms of Ebola however no samples were taken from the victim and the case was not reported to local health officials, the minister said.

So far five people who came into contact with the deceased are being monitored, with two admitted to the isolation unit at Kampala's main Mulago hospital, she said.

Source: AFP