Ebola fatality recorded in fourth Uganda district

There has been a confirmed death from Ebola in Uganda’s western Kagadi region bringing to four the number of districts affected by the disease.

Kagadi is about 100 km (62 miles) from Mubende where the first cases were reported earlier this month.

There have been 35 confirmed Ebola cases and seven deaths.

President Yoweri Museveni has ruled out a lockdown of affected areas.

Uganda’s Ebola outbreak involves the rare Sudan strain of the virus for which there is no vaccine.

By BBC