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Uganda: Ebola outbreak kills 16

An outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in the western Uganda district of Bundibugyo has killed 16 of 51 people infected over the past three weeks, a senior health official said.
Treating Ebola patients during a past outbreak in Uganda (Photo: WHO)
Treating Ebola patients during a past outbreak in Uganda (Photo: WHO)

"We have been on the ground and we are deploying more people to manage the situation," Sam Zaramba, director of health services at the ministry of health, told IRIN on 30 November. "This morning, more experts were sent to the region to further study the situation," he added.

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