A Kasese girl has died from Ebola in Uganda, the fourth case to cross into the country from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The nine-year-old showed signs of the infection in Congolese, which borders DRC. The current outbreak is poised to reach 3,000 cases and 2,000 deaths, the World Health Organisation said. More than a quarter of deaths in the current outbreak have been children and the epidemic has seen a higher death rate of 67%, compared with the average Ebola fatality rate of 55%, Heather Kerr from Save The Children said.
A Congolese girl has died from Ebola in Uganda, the fourth case to cross into the country from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The nine-year-old showed signs of the infection in Kasese, which borders DRC. The current outbreak is poised to reach 3,000 cases and 2,000 deaths, the World Health Organisation said. More than a quarter of deaths in the current outbreak have been children and the epidemic has seen a higher death rate of 67%, compared with the average Ebola fatality rate of 55%, Heather Kerr from Save The Children said.