Dr Diana Atwine, confirmed the case as a 32-year-old male nurse from Mulago National Referral Hospital, who died on January 29, 2025

The index patient is a 32-year-old man who worked as a nurse at a hospital in Kampala and died after seeking care at multiple facilities.

Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the capital, Kampala, with the first confirmed patient dying from it, the health ministry said. It is the East African country's ninth outbreak since it recorded its first infection of the viral disease in 2000.