Officials say three new deaths confirmed and several evacuations under way in central region only 62km from Kampala.

Uganda is struggling with the latest bout of deadly hemorrhagic fevers to strike the east African nation in recent months.

The virus struck in July in the west of the country, near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where the disease first occurred in 1976. However, Uganda had declared itself free of Ebola a month ago.

On October 19, health officials also reported an outbreak of Marbug, a deadly viral disease known to be a cousin of Ebola, that killed three people.

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