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The grandmother of a five year old boy who died of Ebola yesterday has also died.
The late reportedly died at around 6pm at Bwera General Hospital where an isolation facility was established for Ebola patients to be treated.
“She will be buried tomorrow by our team after identifying a place,” a source among the Ministry of Health team which travelled to Kasese today told Daily Monitor.
Health Ministry is yet to confirm the death.
The Ebola outbreak which has ravaged the neighbouring DRC for the last one year was Tuesday confirmed in Uganda in the western border district of Kasese.
The first case to be confirmed on Tuesday was that of a five-year-old boy, who tested positive and later died. The others cases include the deceased three-year-old young brother, who also tested positive and were admitted at the isolation facility that was established at Bwera General Hospital.
Health Minister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, said there are more seven suspects, including two men, two women and a six-months-old baby, who came from the DR Congo. All the cases are at the isolation facility.
