Uganda declared on Thursday an Ebola outbreak in the capital Kampala with one person dead
Democratic Republic of Congo authorities are investigating 12 possible cases of the deadly Ebola virus in its northwest, Africa’s main health body said on Thursday, though first tests had come up negative.
The Congo cases under scrutiny, including seven deaths, were in Equateur province where tropical forests are a natural reservoir for the virus that causes fever, aches and diarrhoea.
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