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Uganda announced Tuesday night that Ebola had broken out in the western district of Kasese with the index case being a five-year-old boy back from his recent visit to the neighboring the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Jane Ruth Aceng, Ugandan health minister, told reporters that a rapid response team comprising members from the ministry of health, World Health Organization (WHO) and the Center for Disease Control is in Kasese to beef up efforts by medical teams already in the area. Aceng said the team will continue with various activities including contact tracing and case management. According to the ministry of health, the boy returned to Uganda on June 10 with his mother who had gone to the DRC to nurse her father who had succumbed to Ebola. [link to hisz.rsoe.hu]