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DR Congo Ebola outbreak: Child in Uganda diagnosed with virus DR Congo Ebola outbreak: Child in Uganda dies of virus
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A five-year-old boy in Uganda has been diagnosed with Ebola, the World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed. A five-year-old boy in Uganda has died from Ebola, health officials have said.
This is the first case confirmed in the country amid a deadly outbreak in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. The death is the first in Uganda, amid a deadly outbreak in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. Officials said that his grandmother and younger brother also have the disease.
More than 2,000 cases have been recorded there in the last 10 months - most of which have been fatal. More than 2,000 cases have been recorded in DR Congo in the last 10 months - most of which have been fatal.
The boy is said to have travelled across the border with his family from DR Congo on Sunday.The boy is said to have travelled across the border with his family from DR Congo on Sunday.
He was then taken to a Ugandan hospital after exhibiting symptoms including vomiting blood, officials said. He was then taken to a Ugandan hospital after exhibiting symptoms, including vomiting blood, officials said.
The diagnosis of Ebola was then confirmed by the Uganda Virus Institute (UVRI) on Tuesday before being announced by officials. Two relatives of the boy had tested positive for Ebola, officials said.
The country's health ministry and WHO say they have dispatched a rapid response team to identify others at risk, a joint statement said. The World Health Organization (WHO), citing Uganda's Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng, announced on Twitter that the boy died on Tuesday.
Ugandan Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng told a news conference on Tuesday that the boy's family members are being monitored, including two who have exhibited Ebola-like symptoms. Uganda's health ministry and the WHO said a rapid response team had been dispatched to identify others at risk and to follow up on eight other possible cases.
She then tweeted that the country had moved into "response mode" following the incident. Uganda has already vaccinated about 4,700 health workers against the disease, according to a joint statement by WHO and Ugandan health officials said.
Uganda has already vaccinated about 4,700 health workers against the disease, the joint statement by WHO and Ugandan health officials said. The outbreak in DR Congo is the second biggest in history, with a significant spike in new cases noted in recent weeks. Nearly 1,400 people have died of the disease since August.
The outbreak in DR Congo has become the second biggest in history, with a significant spike in new cases noted in recent weeks. Only once before has an outbreak continued to grow more than eight months after it began - that was the epidemic in West Africa between 2013 and 2016, which killed 11,310 people.
Almost 1,400 people have died of the disease since August.
Only once before has an outbreak been still growing more than eight months after it began - that was the epidemic in West Africa between 2013 and 2016, which killed 11,310 people.
What is Ebola?What is Ebola?