Kampala, Uganda: Six new cases of Ebola have been found in Uganda, the World Health Organization said Thursday (Friday in Manila), after the country reported its first fatality from the highly contagious virus since 2019.

Uganda's health ministry declared an Ebola outbreak in the central district of Mubende on Tuesday, announcing the death of a 24-year-old man.

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