Uganda confirms First Ebola case, outside outbreak in Congo
R Sinduja
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Uganda's health ministry confirmed that a child had been tested positive for Ebola, it's the 1st cross-border case of the deadly virus since an outbreak occurred in neighboring Congo last year. A 5-year-old Congolese boy has been isolated at a hospital near the Congo border. This news has put pressure on the WHO to declare the Ebola outbreak, a global health emergency. Uganda has had multiple outbreaks of Ebola since 2000.
