After the first Ebola death in Uganda in years, a senior health official says authorities in the African nation are "in full control of the situation."

Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the capital Kampala with the first confirmed patient dying from it on Wednesday, the health ministry said on Thursday. It is the East African country's ninth outbreak since it recorded its first infection of the viral disease in 2000.

Uganda's ministry of health has confirmed a new outbreak of the Ebola virus in the capital, Kampala, with one reported death. The victim was a 32-year-old male nurse whose symptoms included "high fever, chest pain, and difficulty in breathing" and "bleeding from multiple body sites".

Health officials worry the unusual strain will spread in crowded Kampala after the death of a male nurse.

Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the capital, Kampala, with the first confirmed patient dying from it, the health ministry said. It is the East African country's ninth outbreak since it recorded its first infection of the viral disease in 2000.

Ugandan health officials on Thursday confirmed a case of Ebola in the capital Kampala, in a nurse who sought care at a number of facilities.

Sudan Ebola was first identified in Sudan in 1976. Other outbreaks have occurred in Uganda (2000, 2012, 2022) and South Sudan.

Unlike the more common Zaire Ebola virus, there is no approved vaccine for the Sudan strain. Symptoms of Ebola