Confirmation of first Ebola case in Uganda
World Health Organisation says an affected child entered Uganda from the Democratic Republic of Congo
12 June 2019 - 09:23
Geneva/Kampala — Uganda has confirmed its first case of Ebola during the current outbreak, a five-year-old Congolese child who is receiving care after arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday.
“This is the first confirmed case in Uganda during the Ebola outbreak on-going in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo,” the WHO said in a statement...
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