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Killer disease reaches Uganda capital, five dead

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KAMPALA (Reuters) – An outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in Uganda has spread to the capital Kampala after an infected woman travelled to the city and the death toll from the disease, a cousin of Ebola, climbed to five, a health official said on Monday. The latest outbreak of another haemorrhagic fever, first confirmed on Friday in Kabale district, 430 km (270 miles) southwest of Kampala, has rattled a country that only two weeks ago declared itself free of Ebola after it claimed at least 16 lives. …

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Three Ugandans die in deadly Marburg virus outbreak

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KAMPALA (Reuters) – Three people have died in southwest Uganda from an outbreak of Marburg virus disease, officials said on Friday, a severe and highly fatal infection, just two weeks after the east African nation said it was free of the deadly Ebola virus. Another four people who have died since October 4 were also suspected to have been killed by the disease, the Ugandan government said in a statement. …

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Malawi cancel Uganda international over Ebola fear

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BLANTYRE (Reuters) – Malawi have cancelled their international soccer match with Uganda on Wednesday for fear of an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus. Malawi were due to play Uganda in Blantyre in a warm-up game ahead of qualifiers next month for both countries in the 2013 African Nations Cup preliminaries. However, Uganda has been battling an outbreak of the virus which so far has killed at least 16 people. In a statement, the Football Association of Malawi said: “”We have cancelled the friendly on advice from the (Malawi) government following the escalation of the Ebola disease in Uganda. …

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Soccer-Malawi cancel Uganda international over Ebola fear

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BLANTYRE, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Malawi have cancelled theirinternational soccer match with Uganda on Wednesday for fear ofan outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus. Malawi were due to play Uganda in Blantyre in a warm-up gameahead of qualifiers next month for both countries in the 2013African Nations Cup preliminaries. However, Uganda has been battling an outbreak of the viruswhich so far has killed at least 16 people. In a statement, the Football Association of Malawi said:“”We have cancelled the friendly on advice from the (Malawi)government following the escalation of the Ebola disease inUganda. …

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Mystery disease devastates northern Uganda

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Lamwaka, who is suffering from nodding syndrome, sits out in the open in LapulPADER DISTRICT, Uganda (Reuters) – Most mornings, Michael Odongkara takes his daughter Nancy Lamwaka outside and ties her ankle to a mango tree. It’s not something he likes to do. But the disease that gives the 12-year-old violent seizures has so diminished her mental capacity that she no longer talks and often wanders off. Once, she was lost in the bush for three days. “It hurts me so much to tie my own daughter to a tree … but because I want to save her life, I am forced to. …

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