Ebola in Uganda: Three-week lockdown announced for two districts

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Ebola in Uganda: Three-week lockdown announced for two districts
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There have been 19 deaths and 58 cases reported in Uganda during this outbreak.

Red Cross workers sanitised a house in Mubende district after the death of a child, thought to be from EbolaA three-week lockdown has been declared in two districts of Uganda as the country battles an Ebola outbreak.

The move is a U-turn for Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, who previously said there was no need for such measures.However, the real number of deaths and cases may be higher., about 80km from the capital Kampala, and has remained the epicentre. And he has forbidden traditional healers from trying to handle cases. In previous outbreaks, healers have been associated with hotspots for spread of the virus.

It later reached the capital Kampala, with one death recorded in October. But health officials said the city remained virus-free, as the man who died had travelled from Mubende.

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