A 9-year-old Congolese girl has died of Ebola in Uganda near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Ministry of Health said Friday.
The young girl and her mother traveled from DRC to the Ugandan district of Kasese, seeking medical care on Wednesday.
She was identified at the port of entry, isolated, and transferred to the Ebola unit at a local hospital where she was being managed, the ministry said.
The Ministry of Health said her body was sent to the DRC upon her father’s request.
It added that four out of the five Congolese who had had contact with the girl have been repatriated to the country for proper follow-up, according to reports by CNN.
Yonas Tegegn Woldemariam, World Health Organization Country Representative to Uganda, said those who may have come in contact with the patient will be vaccinated and more than 8,000 people have been vaccinated against Ebola in high-risk areas in the country.
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