Ebola hits Uganda hard with a ‘worrying’ trend
By DW
17 November 2022 |
2:16 pm
With no vaccine or treatment available for a strain of Ebola that is circulating in Uganda, the country's latest outbreak is shaping up to be the third largest on record.
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