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Uganda confirms three new Ebola cases, bringing total to five

Ebola

Ebola spreads through direct contact with bodily fluids such as blood, saliva and sweat from an infected individual.

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 Uganda has confirmed three new cases of Ebola, bringing the total number of infections in the current outbreak there to five, the health ministry said on Saturday, as authorities stepped up contact tracing to contain the spread.

The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo strain a public health emergency of international concern, and said the risk of a national epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo is "very high".