By THE CONVERSATION More by this AuthorWhat is known about the latest outbreak of Ebola in Uganda? AdvertisementThe Ebola virus is highly infectious and mainly transmitted through contact with body fluid of infected persons. In the 2000 outbreak in northern Uganda, more than half (53 percent) of all those infected with the virus succumbed to it. Uganda has local laboratory capacity at the Uganda Virus Research Institute at Entebbe. The laboratory has the capacity to test and confirm whether suspect cases are indeed Ebola virus disease cases.

Source: Daily Nation September 27, 2022 01:41 UTC