Ugandan president puts capital city on Ebola response alert

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President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda on Monday put the country’s capital, Kampala, on a high Ebola response alert as the country grapples with the deadly disease.

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Museveni in a tweet said two cases tested positive in Kampala which came from Mubende, the epicentre of the outbreak, however, there are contacts to the cases and a risk of infection.“For Kampala city, the two cases that tested positive came from Mubende district and are regarded as Mubende cases, because of the presence of contacts of these two cases and the risks of infection. I have directed a full mobilization of Kampala city into a response mode,” the president said.

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