Uganda Announces Early School Closure

Uganda will close all schools in two weeks’ time following the deaths of eight pupils from the Ebola virus.

The first lady, Janet Museveni, who is also the education minister, said there had been 23 confirmed cases among schoolchildren.

Report says lockdown has been extended in the central districts of Mubende, and Kassanda, the centre of the outbreak.

Meanwhile, the World Health Organization says there have been more than 150 confirmed and probable cases since September, with 64 deaths.

It is the Sudan strain of the virus that is currently affecting Uganda against which there is no vaccine.

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