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The July Ebola outbreak claimed its 14th victim on Monday in the Ugandan capital of Kampala despite attempts to quarantine those who have came into contact with those infected.
The Ebola virus has a fatality rate of up to 90 percent and is classed as a grade A biological weapon. There is no cure and no vaccine with symptoms including vomiting, kidney problems, fever, headaches and weakness.
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni urged people to “avoid shaking hands, kissing or having sex to prevent the disease from spreading, I wish you good luck and may God rest the souls of those who died in eternal peace.”
Despite announcements by Museveni and health officials, the British Broadcasting Corporation has said that many in Kampala are still unaware of the outbreak.
At Kampala’s main hospital, seven doctors and 13 healthcare workers are in quarantine, with reports of infections 100 miles away in the Kibaale District.
The Kenyan border is around 100 miles east of Kampala and has placed its laboratories on high alert and dispatched protective medical clothing to border regions.
There have been several outbreaks of Ebola in Uganda in the last decade, the most deadly infected 425 people and killed more than half of them.
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