<p>The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday warned doctors and other healthcare workers about an outbreak of Ebola cases in Uganda.</p><p>The agency said although no cases have been reported in the US, it was issuing an advisory through its health alert network to raise awareness.</p><p>On January 29, a male nurse working in Uganda's capital, Kampala, died from Ebola caused by the Sudan virus. Uganda confirmed the outbreak on January 30.</p>.Uganda confirms outbreak of Ebola in the capital Kampala, one dead.<p>The alert issued on Thursday is CDC's first since a temporary freeze on external communications was enforced by US President Donald Trump's administration. Previous outbreaks of the Sudan virus have had a mortality rate of about 50 per cent, the agency said.</p><p>The health alert network is CDC's primary method of sharing cleared information about urgent public health incidents with information officers, health practitioners, clinicians and health laboratories.</p><p>Ebola, a disease primarily affecting humans and nonhuman primates such as monkeys, chimpanzees and gorillas, is caused by a group of viruses. It spreads through direct contact with the body fluids of an infected person or one who has died from the disease.</p>
<p>The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday warned doctors and other healthcare workers about an outbreak of Ebola cases in Uganda.</p><p>The agency said although no cases have been reported in the US, it was issuing an advisory through its health alert network to raise awareness.</p><p>On January 29, a male nurse working in Uganda's capital, Kampala, died from Ebola caused by the Sudan virus. Uganda confirmed the outbreak on January 30.</p>.Uganda confirms outbreak of Ebola in the capital Kampala, one dead.<p>The alert issued on Thursday is CDC's first since a temporary freeze on external communications was enforced by US President Donald Trump's administration. Previous outbreaks of the Sudan virus have had a mortality rate of about 50 per cent, the agency said.</p><p>The health alert network is CDC's primary method of sharing cleared information about urgent public health incidents with information officers, health practitioners, clinicians and health laboratories.</p><p>Ebola, a disease primarily affecting humans and nonhuman primates such as monkeys, chimpanzees and gorillas, is caused by a group of viruses. It spreads through direct contact with the body fluids of an infected person or one who has died from the disease.</p>