Ugandan officials are preparing to deploy a trial vaccine as part of efforts to stem an outbreak of Ebola in the capital, Kampala, a top health official said Sunday. A range of scientists are developing research protocols relating to the planned deployment of more than 2,

Test results on the sick people are pending, and a top WHO official said the outbreak response is proceeding rapidly.

At least 44 contacts of the victim in the current outbreak have been identified, including 30 health workers and patients.

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'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".

In its last outbreak, more than two years ago, Uganda saw 164 cases and 55 confirmed deaths from Ebola. Uganda announced Thursday that a nurse, 32, had died of Ebola in the capital, Kampala, amid a new outbreak of the deadly virus there — the first in two years.

Health officials in Uganda confirmed there is an Ebola virus outbreak in the capital city and that one person has died.

The health ministry of Uganda has confirmed the death of one person due to a new Ebola outbreak in Kampala. This news has also prompted a medical aid team from the WHO to help tackle the disease.