Ebola infects 6 schoolkids in Uganda as contagion fear grows

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA
Associated Press

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Six schoolchildren in Uganda’s capital have tested positive for Ebola. Wednesday’s announcement by the health minister marks a serious escalation of the outbreak declared just over a month ago. The children, who attend three different schools in Kampala, are among at least 15 people in the city confirmed to have been infected with Ebola, according to a statement by Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng. The children are members of a family exposed to disease by a man who traveled from one Ebola-hit district and sought treatment in Kampala, the statement said. Authorities are “following up” 170 contacts from the schools attended by the six children, it said.