A Ugandan health official says a nurse died of Ebola, in the first recorded fatality since the country's last outbreak ended in 2023.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that it has deployed an emergency medical team to help Uganda fight a deadly Ebola outbreak that killed a health worker in Kampala, the Ugandan capital.

Uganda’s ministry of Health has confirmed a new outbreak of the Sudan Ebola Virus Disease (SVD) following the death of a male nurse at Mulago national referral hospital. Dr Diana Atwine, the ministry’s permanent secretary,

The Ugandan Ministry of Health has announced that it had confirmed an outbreak of the Ebola virus in Kampala, with one reported death. The victim was a 32-year-old male nurse from Mulago National Referral Hospital who had sought treatment at multiple facilities.

A male nurse in Uganda has died of Ebola the first recorded death by the disease in the East African country since an outbreak ended in 2023 health off

Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the capital Kampala with the first confirmed patient dying from it on Wednesday, the health ministry said on Thursday. It is the East African country's ninth outbreak since it recorded its first infection of the viral disease in 2000.

Health authorities say they've identified at least 44 contacts of the deceased, including 30 hospital staff and patients.