EBOLA      SCARE   KASESE

An Ebola scare has hit Kasese District following a case in which a boy, 5, got a fever and abdominal fever.

Allan Bwambale from Masambu in the Democratic Republic of Congo had gone with his mother to attend the burial of his grandfather in Beni.

His grandfather was suspected to have died of Ebola. On return, Bwambale started feeling fever and abdominal pain, joint pains, and vomiting. The temperature on admission was high and the tests for Ebola turned positive.

The boy has been admitted and isolated at Bwera Hospital Ebola Treatment Unit as he undergoes further management.