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Thursday, August 2, 2012

Suspected Ebola cases rise by 50



The number of suspected Ebola patients in Kibaale district has risen by 50, according to health officials in the district.

The total number of people believed to have got into contact with Ebola patients has increased to 232, and they have all been followed” Dr Dan Kyamanywa, the Kibaale District Health Officer told the Daily Monitor this Thursday.

He said 31 patients are on admission at an isolation ward at Kagadi Hospital.

The District Ebola Taskforce vice chairperson, Mr Stephen Mfashingabo, said samples had been collected from 37 suspected patients and had been sent to the Uganda Virus Institute for analysishttp://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Suspected+Ebola+cases+rise+by+50/-/688334/1469326/-/e55k7b/-/index.html