Uganda confirms Ebola case as virus spreads from DRCongo

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A five-year-old boy is being treated for Ebola in Uganda, the first case since a deadly outbreak in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo 10 months ago, Health Minister Ruth Aceng said Tuesday.

Uganda has been on high alert since the outbreak across a porous border in the eastern DRC, where more than 2,000 cases of the highly contagious virus have been recorded, two-thirds of which have been fatal.

"An Ebola case has been confirmed positive," Aceng told AFP.

She said the patient was a boy who had travelled with his family from the western Ugandan town of Kasese to the Democratic Republic of Congo for a funeral, and fell sick upon his return.

"The boy has been taken into isolation unit as have other family members for monitoring. He is receiving treatment," she said.
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