KAMPALA, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Laboratory results for a suspected deadly Ebola case in northwestern Uganda has tested negative, a ministry of health spokesperson said here Friday.
Vivian Nakaliika, Uganda's health ministry spokesperson, told Xinhua by telephone that the results of samples taken from a 10-year-old Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) boy who died on Wednesday at Arua Regional Hospital after presenting signs of Ebola has tested negative of the Viral Hemorrhagic Fever.
The teenager died after presenting Ebola-like symptoms of high fever, bleeding and vomiting blood, causing fears in the East African country.
"The results from the samples taken to Uganda Virus Research Institute have tested negative of Ebola, Marburg, Congo Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever, Rift Valley Fever and Sosuga viruses," said Nakaliika.
Uganda is currently on an alert of the Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever from the neighboring vast central African country, according to the ministry of health.
Ebola and Marburg virus last broke out in the east African nation in 2012. Ebola left over 20 people dead while Marburg killed at least nine people.
Ebola is a highly infectious disease spread through body contact with an infected person. It presents with high fever, bleeding, diarrhoea and red eyes, among other symptoms.
Mortality rates of Ebola fever, according to the World Health Organization, are extremely high, with the human case fatality rate ranging from 50 percent to 89 percent, depending on viral subtype.
