Uganda Confirms One Fatal Ebola Case, Dispatches Response Team

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The Ugandan Ministry of Health and its partners have sent a rapid response team to the district where a 24-year-old man died from Ebola, the government department said via Twitter.

The patient tested positive for the Ebola-Sudan strain of the virus, according to the ministry, and the response team will now help with surveillance, contact tracing and case management.