A young child has died of the Ebola virus in Uganda, the second victim of an outbreak that was announced in late January, the health ministry has announced. The ministry said at least ten cases of the Sudan Ebola strain of the often deadly virus have been recorded.

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Ebola patient, a four-year-old child, has died in Uganda, the WHO said, citing the country's health ministry. The fatality brings the number of confirmed cases in Uganda to 10. The country declared an outbreak of the highly infectious and often fatal haemorrhagic disease in Jan after the death of a male nurse at Mulago National Referral Hospital in capital Kampala.

A 4-year-old child became the second person to die of Ebola in Uganda, the World Health Organization said Saturday, in a setback for health officials who

Ebola patient, a four-year-old child, has died in Uganda, the World Health Organization said, citing the country’s health ministry. The fatality brings the number of confirmed cases in Uganda to 10. The East African country declared an outbreak of the highly infectious and often fatal haemorrhagic disease in January after the death of a male nurse at the Mulago National Referral Hospital in the capital Kampala.

A four-year-old child is the second confirmed Ebola fatality in Uganda, raising the count to ten cases. The outbreak began in January post the death of a nurse in Kampala. As of mid-February, contacts remain under quarantine,

KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda discharged on Tuesday the last eight patients who recovered from Ebola , health authorities reported, and there were no other positive cases in the outbreak declared last month. World Health Organization described the recoveries as a milestone that “reflects the power of Uganda’s quick and coordinated response.”

The ministry of health said they are continuing with "aggressing Ebola response," which includes the process of contact tracing, management and vaccination of all contacts linked the case