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A nurse in Uganda has died from the Ebola virus, in the first outbreak since 2022

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A Ugandan health official says a nurse in the capital Kampala has died after testing positive for Ebola.

The 32-year-old male patient was an employee of the main referral hospital in Kampala .

Uganda has had multiple Ebola outbreaks, including one in 2000 that killed hundreds .

Ebola is spread by contact with bodily fluids of an infected person or contaminated materials.