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WHO deploys emergency team to help Uganda fight new Ebola outbreak

Ebola has infected 58 people in Uganda country since September 20, 2022 when authorities declared an outbreak. [iStockphoto]

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that it has deployed an emergency medical team to help Uganda fight a deadly Ebola outbreak that killed a health worker in Kampala, the Ugandan capital.

The personnel will provide technical and logistical support to Uganda's Ministry of Health, said the WHO in a statement issued here.

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