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Infectious Diseases News South Africa

Uganda-DRC: Ebola under control but experts fear re-emergence in Congo

Ugandan health officials said they had an outbreak of a rare Ebola strain under control in their country but expressed concerns that the disease could resurface in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

At a news conference in the capital Kampala on 18 December, the Ministry of Health said a person "with the appropriate clinical case definition of Ebola" had been identified in an area in DRC near the border.

They said Uganda had contacted the UN World Health Organization (WHO) over the current threat.

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