Fear as Deadly Ebola Outbreak Reaches Ugandan Capital

August 01, 2012 from Al Jazeera English

The death toll from an outbreak of the ebola virus in villages in western Uganda has risen to at least 16. President Yoweri Museveni has also confirmed that the deadly virus has hit the capital city, Kampala. He has also issued a national warning urging people to avoid physical contact. The virus is highly contagious and there is currently no vaccine or treatment for the disease. Al Jazeera's Malcolm Webb reports from Kampala.

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Ebola virus

Ebola virus causes extremely severe disease in humans and in nonhuman primates in the form of viral hemorrhagic fever. EBOV is a select agent, World Health Organization Risk Group 4 Pathogen, National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases C... Explore this topic

Kampala

Kampala is the largest city and capital of Uganda. The city is divided into five boroughs that oversee local planning: Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division and Lubaga Division. The city is coterminous with Kampala District. Explore this topic

Uganda

Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania. The southern ... Explore this topic

Yoweri Museveni

Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is a Ugandan politician who has been President of Uganda since 29 January 1986. Museveni was involved in the war that deposed Idi Amin Dada, ending his rule in 1979, and in the rebellion that subsequently led to the demise of the Milton Obote regime in 1... Explore this topic

Infectious disease

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Ebola virus disease

Ebola virus disease or Ebola hemorrhagic fever is the human disease which may be caused by any of four of the five known ebola viruses. These four viruses are: Bundibugyo virus, Ebola virus, Sudan virus, and Taï Forest virus. EVD is a viral hemorrhagic fever, and is clinically... Explore this topic

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