Uganda Ebola fear spreads to capital

December 11, 2007

Most cases are in regions bordering the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the Ebola River gave the virus its name after some of the first cases were recorded in its valley in 1976. But rumours of deaths in the capital Kampala are sparking panic among officials, health workers and the public. Some people fear that contaminated money from the affected regions could cause an epidemic in the capital. The virus is transmitted through infected body fluids.