Uganda Says 9 More Ebola Cases Confirmed in Kampala, Urges Vigilance

Uganda Says 9 More Ebola Cases Confirmed in Kampala, Urges Vigilance
A person dressed in Ebola protective apparel inside an Ebola care facility at the Bwera general hospital near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo in Bwera, Uganda on June 14, 2019. James Akena/Reuters
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Uganda has reported nine more Ebola cases in the capital Kampala, bringing the total number of known infections to 14 in the last two days, the health minister said on Monday.

The outbreak began in September in a rural part of central Uganda. It spread earlier this month to Kampala, a city of more than 1.6 million people, by a man who had come from the Kassanda district to seek medical treatment and later died.