After the first Ebola death in Uganda in years, a senior health official says authorities in the African nation are "in full control of the situation."

A nurse in Uganda has died of Ebola, a health official said on Thursday, marking the first recorded death in the country from the severe illness in two years. The 32-year-old male nurse was an employee of Mulago Hospital,

Uganda announced Thursday that a nurse, 32, had died of Ebola in the capital, Kampala, amid a new outbreak of the deadly virus there — the first in two years. The country has activated emergency response procedures,

Atwine said that the employee died from the Sudan strain of Ebola. Health officials reported that he developed a fever, and after multiple lab tests confirmed that he was suffering from Ebola, he was referred to doctors specialized in Ebola treatment.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that it has deployed an emergency medical team to help Uganda fight a deadly Ebola outbreak that killed a health worker in Kampala, the Ugandan capital.

Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of the Ebola virus in Kampala, its capital city, and the death of a nurse, the Ministry of Health says. The victim, who died on Wednesday at a Kampala hospital, was a 32-year-old man,

A nurse in Uganda has died of Ebola, the first fatality since the last outbreak ended in 2023. The health ministry is tracing 44 contacts and urges vigilance.