Reports from Uganda indicate that Ebola has struck again in the district of Mubende about 4hours from the capital Kampala.

A Mubende district health officer (DHO), Dr. Wilson Mubiru said two five-year-old children were admitted on Thursday night while vomiting blood – a symptom that was hurriedly linked to Ebola.

Earlier local reports had put the number of patients admitted at the hospital to four and that three had died on spot.

The hospitalised children are from different families.

“We have forwarded blood tests to the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) in Entebbe. Although we are yet to get the results, we highly doubt whether this is Ebola,” said Dr. Mubiru.

Local media reported that the country’s Health state minister Sarah Opendi and other senior ministry officials dashed to Mubende hospital Friday morning following suspicions of an Ebola outbreak in the area.

NV