WHO: Uganda's Ebola deaths jump to 44

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 21, 2022 12:06 am

KAMPALA, Uganda: The death toll in an Ebola epidemic declared last month in Uganda has climbed to 44, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news briefing in the Swiss city of Geneva that there had been 60 confirmed and 20 probable cases, with 44 deaths and 25 recoveries.

CLEAN WITH CHLORINE A woman washes her hands with chlorinated water to prevent the spread of Ebola at the Bunagana border point in Kisoro district, southwestern Uganda on Oct. 11, 2022. XINHUA FILE PHOTO

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