Nonetheless, it represented a new threat that the Congo outbreak had crossed into a neighboring country. “The first #Ebola case outside #DRC has been identified in #Uganda – tragically a child,” the organization’s director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Twitter. Health workers, including doctors, have been attacked and killed, and some treatment centers have been destroyed. “The child is under care and receiving supportive treatment,” the WHO said, “and contacts are being monitored.”Uganda has long prepared for the possibility of a spillover in the Congo outbreak. AdvertisingThe largest Ebola outbreak in history ravaged the West African nations of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone from 2014 to 2016, killing more than 11,300 people.

Source: Indian Express June 11, 2019 21:22 UTC