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Two more Ebola cases confirmed in Kampala Hospital

Medical staff members in protective gear seen at Mubende Regional Referral Hospital, in Mubende, Uganda. [VOA]

Two more people in an isolation unit of Uganda's main hospital have tested positive for Ebola, bringing total cases recorded in the facility to five, the health minister said on Sunday.

The five confirmed cases in Kampala are the first known transmission of the virus in the city, coming days after the information ministry said the country's Ebola outbreak was coming under control and was expected to be over by the end of the year.

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