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Two more cases of Ebola confirmed in Uganda as outbreak spreads

By Regina Barton
Published June 12, 2019 5:45pm ET
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Two more cases of Ebola confirmed in Uganda as outbreak spreads
FILE - In this undated colorized transmission electron micrograph file image made available by the CDC shows an Ebola virus virion. Health authorities are investigating nine suspected cases of Ebola in a remote corner of northern Congo, including two deaths, the country's health minister said Friday May 12, 2017. | (Frederick Murphy/AP)

Two more confirmed cases of Ebola have been reported in Uganda.

The World Health Organization has confirmed that the 5-year-old boy, the first case of Ebola in Uganda, died Tuesday night. The new cases are the boy’s 3-year-old brother and his grandmother.

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