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      <text>The African CDC confirms an isolated case of the Marburg virus in Uganda, amidst the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the country. </text>
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    <text>The African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention confirms an isolated case of the Marburg virus in Uganda amidst the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the country. </text>
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    <text>Uganda's health ministry reports two more cases of ebola in Kampala, bringing the total number of cases in the country to nine. </text>
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    <text>The World Health Organization warns that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda is outpacing response efforts, with at least 220 suspected deaths reported. </text>
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    <text>Uganda's health ministry confirms three new Ebola cases, a woman who traveled from the DRC and two Ugandan workers that had contact with her, bringing the country's total to five cases and one death. </text>
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    <text>India issues a travel advisory to Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Sudan amidst the Ebola outbreak. </text>
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      <text>The World Health Organization raises its assessment of the risk from the outbreak within the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from &quot;high&quot; to &quot;very high&quot; due to its rapid spread. </text>
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    <text>The World Health Organization raises its assessment of the risk from the Ebola outbreak within the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from &quot;high&quot; to &quot;very high&quot; due to its rapid spread, while keeping it &quot;low&quot; at the global level. Director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says that the outbreak in Uganda is stable. </text>
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      <text>The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control activates its emergency preparedness systems after the World Health Organization designated the ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a public health emergency. </text>
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    <text>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control activates its emergency preparedness systems after the World Health Organization designated the ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a public health emergency. </text>
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    <text>The World Health Organization declares the Ebola virus outbreak in Uganda and Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, a public health emergency of international concern. </text>
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      <text>Kenya admits assisting Uganda in the kidnapping of opposition politician Kizza Besigye in Nairobi in November 2024. Besigye was later taken to Uganda where he is on trial. </text>
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    <text>Kenya admits that it assisted Uganda in the kidnapping of opposition politician Kizza Besigye in Nairobi in November 2024. Besigye was later taken to Uganda, where he is currently on trial. </text>
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    <text>The World Health Organization reports a suspected Marburg virus outbreak in Kagera, Tanzania, with nine cases and eight deaths. </text>
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    <name>AFP via ''Jamaica Observer</name>
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  <text>The World Health Organization says that Uganda has confirmed a Marburg virus case in a toddler in the Kyegegwa District during Ebola surveillance, with authorities monitoring contacts and reporting no symptoms among them. </text>
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