Cuba's Prensa Latina reports that 59 people have been died in one Angolan hospital from what may be Ebola hemorrhagic fever or hemorrhagic dengue:
Jornal do Angola daily reported that another three people died, bringing the number of killed by the so-called "gastric hemorrhage" to 59.
Faced with the sudden deaths of two children and a nurse from the Emergency Room, Angola´s Health Ministry stepped up emergency measures in the region amid fears that it may be Ebola or hemorrhagic dengue fever.
The Angola Press Agency, via AllAfrica.com, reports that the total number of victims is 61.
Uganda suffered an outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in 2000-2001. According to the World Health Organization, there were a total of 428 clinical Ebola haemorrhagic fever cases in that outbreak. The World Health Organization's report on the 200-2001 outbreak is available here in PDF format.
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