In this Aug. 8, 2018, file photo, a healthcare worker from the World Health Organization gives an Ebola vaccination to a front line aid worker in Mangina, Democratic Republic of Congo. (AP)

A second patient affected with the deadly Ebola virus in Uganda has died. (File photo: AP)

Second Ebola patient dies in Uganda, according to health ministry official

Reuters, Kampala

Published: 13 June ,2019: 12:00 AM GST Updated: 20 May ,2020: 03:04 PM GST

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A second patient affected with the deadly Ebola virus in Uganda has died in the current outbreak, a health ministry official said on Thursday.

“A grandmother also died last night,” Emanuel Ainebyona, Uganda health ministry spokesman told Reuters.

The first fatality, a five-year-old boy who had crossed into Uganda from Democratic Republic of Congo, died late on Tuesday.

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