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Health Team Fights Ebola Outbreak That Has Killed 14 in Uganda

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Sun, 2012-07-29 21:04 — Kathy Gilbeaux

The New York Times - by Josh Kron - July 28, 2012

KAMPALA, Uganda — An outbreak of the rare and deadly Ebola virus has killed 14 people in midwestern Uganda, many in the past week, the Ugandan government said Saturday.

A team of health experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization and the Ugandan government has been sent to the area, roughly three hours from Uganda’s capital, Kampala, to begin emergency response measures, according to a government statement.

The strain of the virus, which in recent years has killed at a rate often above 70 percent of those infected, has been identified as Ebola Sudan, one of the virus’s more common strains.

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Mon, 2012-07-30 21:48 — Kathy Gilbeaux

An undated handout image of the Ebola virus, created by CDC microbiologist Frederick A. Murphy and made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. EPA photo

hurriyetdailynews.com - July 30, 2012

KAMPALA - Agence France-Presse

Uganda's president Monday warned against shaking hands and other physical contact after the first reported death from the deadly Ebola virus in the capital Kampala.

"The Ministry of Health are tracing all the people who have had contact with the victims," Yoweri Museveni said in a state broadcast, adding that 14 people had died in total since Ebola broke out in western Uganda three weeks ago.
 
One person believed to have contracted the virus in western Uganda was reported dead in Kampala's Mulago Hospital, Museveni said, calling on people not to shake hands to avoid the spread of the virus.

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