Uganda Reports One Death Amid New Ebola Outbreak

The Washington Post (1/30, Westfall) reports, “Uganda announced Thursday that a nurse, 32, had died of Ebola in the capital, Kampala, amid a new outbreak of the deadly virus there – the first in two years.” Uganda “has activated emergency response procedures, officials said.” The nurse “died after experiencing fever-like symptoms and seeking treatment at several hospitals and from a traditional healer, Diana Atwine, permanent secretary of the Health Ministry, said in a statement on Thursday.” The patient’s “fever, chest pain and breathing difficulty progressed to unexplained bleeding, a common symptom of a severe case of Ebola.” According to the Post, 44 “close contacts have been cited for tracing, including 30 health workers and patients from a hospital and 11 family members.”