First Ebola death recorded in Ugandan capital
An Ebola patient has died at a hospital in Uganda's capital, Kampala, the health ministry has confirmed.
Uganda鈥檚 health ministry has confirmed that an Ebola patient has died in Kampala, making him the 19th victim in the current outbreak of the deadly virus but the first to die in the capital city.
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