Uganda confirms 3 new Ebola cases as WHO warns against underestimating outbreak risk

[ad_1] Uganda on Saturday confirmed three new Ebola cases, taking the total number of infections in the current outbreak in the country to five, as authorities intensified contact tracing efforts to contain the spread of the rare Bundibugyo strain of the virus.According to Uganda’s health ministry, the new cases include a driver who transported the […]

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136 dead, no vaccine or cure: WHO chief warns over ‘scale and speed’ of Ebola outbreak

[ad_1] 136 dead, no vaccine or cure: WHO chief warns over ‘scale and speed’ of Ebola outbreak (Image credit: AP) The World Health Organisation chief on Tuesday said he was “deeply concerned” by an Ebola outbreak in Congo caused by a rare strain for which there are no approved vaccines or treatments, as the death […]

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