Health: No active Ebola case in Uganda
The Ugandan Ministry of Health has confirmed there are no active cases of Ebola in the country. This clarification follows reports of a traveler who transited through Uganda before testing positive for the virus in Nigeria.
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No active Ebola case in Uganda - Ministry of Health
Director General of Health Services Prof. Charles Olaro said the woman travelled through Uganda without symptoms, adding that the location of exposure remains under investigation.
Prof. Charles Olaro, the Director General of Health Services in the health ministry. (File)
There is no confirmed active Ebola case in Uganda, the Ministry of Health has clarified.
The ministry's clarification came after reports went viral of a confirmed Ebola case in Nigeria involving a Nigerian woman who travelled to Eastern DR Congo for business and transited through Uganda as she travelled back to Nigeria.
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