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A five-year-old boy is being treated for Ebola in Uganda, the first case since an outbreak in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo 10 months ago. SOUNDBITE
Dr. Woldemariam, the WHO (World Health Organisation) Representative to Uganda, says of the 44 confirmed Ebola cases currently in the country, 10 are health workers. SOUNDBITE
Sixty-three confirmed and probable cases have been reported in the Ebola outbreak in Uganda, including 29 deaths, says WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. SOUNDBITE
The World Health Organization says that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo does not qualify as an international threat, despite confirmed cases also in neighbouring Uganda. SOUNDBITE
Guinea is starting a 90-day spell of heightened surveillance after being declared free of Ebola by the World Health Organization. Paul Chapman reports.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).