Uganda Ebola epidemic death toll climbs to 44: WHO

Kampala (AFP) Oct 19, 2022

The death toll from an Ebola epidemic declared last month in Uganda has climbed to 44, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a press briefing in Geneva that there had been 60 confirmed and 20 probable cases, with 44 deaths and 25 recoveries. "We remain concerned that there may be more chains of transmission and more contacts than we k