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Ebola at large? Prisoner with suspected case escapes Ugandan hospital

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Ebola at large? Prisoner with suspected case escapes Ugandan hospital


A World Health Organization official has stated that the Ebola outbreak in Uganda is now “under control.” However, a prisoner suspected of being infected with the deadly virus managed to escape from a hospital, spurring fears of further contagion.

The inmate’s test results are yet to be determined.

Should his results come back and he is positive, that causes us a lot of worry,” Dr. Jackson Amune, a commissioner at the Ugandan Ministry of Health, was quoted by CNN as saying.

The prisoner broke out on Friday night, prompting hospital officials to handcuff the four remaining prisoners to their beds. The prisoners are among the 30 people suspected of carrying Ebola at a hospital in the western town of Kagadi, the center of the outbreak.  .... MORE
SourceRT.com

URL: http://www.rt.com/news/ebola-uganda-prisoner-hospital-830/

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