Congolese girl dies of Ebola in Uganda

A nine-year-old girl succumbed to Ebola in Uganda on Friday, a hospital official said, a day after she tested positive for the disease after crossing the border from neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo.

She died around 08:00 (05:00) this morning, Yusuf Baseka, director of health services in Kasese district, southwestern Uganda, told AFP.

She is the fourth person diagnosed with Ebola in Uganda to die. Before her death, she had been kept under isolation at Bwera hospital, close to the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo.