Ebola virus cases continue to rise

Gulu - New cases of the deadly Ebola virus continue to break out in northern Uganda despite three districts being placed under…

Gulu - New cases of the deadly Ebola virus continue to break out in northern Uganda despite three districts being placed under quarantine, doctors said yesterday.

The virus, one of the most horrific and deadly known to mankind, claimed two more lives yesterday, bringing the Ugandan government's official death toll to 39 people. On Monday, the World Health Organisation said provisional figures showed 43 people had died.

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