Uganda Announces First Death in Latest Outbreak of Ebola: Uganda
To complete the process, please follow the instructions in the email we just sent you.Meanwhile, the DRC recorded a new case in the east of the country last month, less than six weeks after an epidemic in the country's northwest was declared over.range of experimental drugsUganda's Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng Ocero says they have started vaccinating frontline workers - including customs officials - at the DRC border.
Human transmission is through body fluids, with the main symptoms being fever, vomiting, bleeding and diarrhoea.People who are infected do not become contagious until symptoms appear, which is after anThe worst epidemic in West Africa between 2013 and 2016 killed more than 11,300 alone.
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