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Newsday: 25/11/2022 05:06 GMT : Uganda closes schools to contain Ebola outbreak

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25/11/2022 05:06 GMT : Uganda closes schools to contain Ebola outbreak

Uganda closes schools to contain Ebola outbreak

BBC World Service - Newsday, Uganda closes schools to contain Ebola outbreak

There are so far 141 confirmed cases of Ebola with 55 deaths

School closure comes after 23 children contracted the virus in Kampala, eight of whom died

All schools across Uganda will close today, two weeks earlier than scheduled, as the government is battling an aggressive Ebola outbreak -- the most widespread in the country's history.

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