Uganda confirms Ebola outbreak after death of nurse in capital The case marks the first since the outbreak of Ebola in Uganda three years ago.
It is the first time that Uganda has reported a confirmed outbreak of Ebola since 2022, when at least 164 people were infected, leading to 55 deaths.
Uganda has reported an outbreak of Ebola following the death of a nurse from the virus in the capital Kampala.
The nurse, a 32-year-old man working at the Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala, sought treatment at several different healthcare facilities as well as with a traditional healer after developing fever-like symptoms, Uganda’s health ministry said.
There is currently no approved vaccine for the Sudan strain of Ebola, though Uganda did receive some trial vaccine doses during the last outbreak.
