Uganda’s East African Ministry of Health reported 11 other suspected Ebola cases identified in the country’s Mubende district on Tuesday. Of these, the ministry recorded a probable disease-related death: a one-year-old child, it said in a statement released late on Tuesday.
Samples from the one-year-old and the 10 suspected cases in isolation are being tested at the Uganda Virus Research Institute, the ministry said.
So far, 11 suspected cases, one confirmed case and six cases considered probable have been identified.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that Uganda declared an Ebola outbreak after a case of the relatively rare Sudanese strain was found in the country. That case was confirmed after testing a sample from a 24-year-old man in Mubende district, where he died after showing symptoms, according to the ministry.
Ugandan health authorities investigated six suspicious deaths in the district this month.
According to the WHO, the country has experienced four Ebola outbreaks that have left more than 200 people dead. The deadliest was in 2000.
Uganda borders the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is experiencing an Ebola resurgence following outbreaks this year.
Source: CNN Brasil
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