Deadly virus outbreak hits Uganda, WHO reports The World Health Organization has confirmed an outbreak of Sudan virus disease, a viral illness related to Ebola, in Uganda. WHO announced this in a statement on Friday, January 31, 2025. WHO stated that health authorities in Kampala confirmed that one patient had died – a nurse who had sought treatment at various other medical facilities after developing fever-like symptoms. In response to the outbreak of the often deadly and infectious haemorrhagic fever transmitted through contact with bodily fluids and tissue, the organisation said it was...