Tuesday 31 July 2012

Uganda says avoid hand shakes as Ebola returns



A laboratory specialist examines specimens of the Ebola virus at the Uganda virus research centre in Entebbe KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Monday advised people to avoid shaking hands, casual sex and do-it-yourself burials to reduce the chance of contracting the deadly Ebola virus after an outbreak killed 14 people and put many more at risk. Museveni's advice came as scared patients and health workers fled a district hospital in rural western Uganda where several cases of Ebola were being treated and as the authorities tried to alter people's behaviour to stop the virus spreading. ...




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