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WHO confirms first Ebola case in Uganda

By Regina Barton
Published June 11, 2019 8:06pm ET
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WHO confirms first Ebola case in Uganda
This Tuesday, April, 16, 2019 photo taken in Congo shows an Ebola health worker at a treatment center in Beni, Eastern Congo. Uganda's health ministry said late Tuesday, June 11, 2019 that a 5-year-old Congolese boy who crossed into Uganda has tested positive for Ebola in what is the first cross-border case of the deadly virus since an outbreak started in neighboring Congo last year. | (AP Photo/Al-hadji Kudra Maliro)

The World Health Organization has confirmed a case of Ebola in Uganda.

This is the first case of Ebola confirmed in Uganda. The Democratic Republic of the Congo neighbors Uganda and has been experiencing an outbreak of the virus since last August.

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