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Everything you need to know about Ebola

A health worker sprays disinfectant on his colleague after working at an Ebola treatment centre in Beni, Eastern Congo. [File, AP]

When Ebola crossed borders into Uganda on June 9, her neighbours went into a high alert.

A 5-year-old boy vomiting blood became the first cross-border victim of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Uganda. Hours after it was reported by World Health Organisation on Tuesday, he died.

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