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Four-year-old dies from Ebola amid new outbreak in Uganda

Uganda confirmed on February 25, 2025, that it had recorded 10 cases of a new strain of the Ebola virus [Hajarah Nalwadda/AP]

A four-year-old has been identified as the second patient to die from the Ebola virus in Uganda after a recent outbreak.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday night that Uganda’s Ministry of Health reported a positive Ebola case at Mulago Hospital, the country’s only referral centre for the virus, and it was discovered in a four-year-old who died on Tuesday.

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