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President Yoweri Museveni has spoken out on the current Ebola situation in the country saying the virus can easily be fought and managed unlike the coronavirus.
According to the IGP, although the speed of transmission is still slow, Ebola is a contagious disease that can spread fast through any direct contact with blood or body fluids of an infected person.
The deceased is a 22-year-old male student from Namulonge, Busukuma sub-county, and died yesterday at 5 PM after presenting symptoms of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)
The Territorial Police in Mpigi earlier this week registered a disturbing incident of teen suicide, after a one Kasule Arafat, an 11-year-old, P.4 pupil of Kabira UMEA Primary School, committed suicide by hanging.