Another Haemorrhagic Fever Hits Uganda

Author:
NTV Uganda
Publisher:
NTV Uganda
Publication Date:
19 October 2012
Tags:
Uganda, Governance, Health and Medicine

Uganda has again been hit by the deadly Marburg disease, health officials have confirmed. In Kabale district, four members of the same family have reportedly died of the disease in Rwabirondo Village. The Ministry of Health has already dispatched a team of experts to beef up the District Health Official in containing the disease and establishing the people who could have come in contact with the dead and confirmed cases.

 

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