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KAMPALA, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- Eight students have been confirmed to contract A/H1N1 flu as the epidemic broke out in a school in western Uganda, bringing the total cases of the epidemic to 24 in the country, an official confirmed here on Sunday.

The A H1N1 influenza virus commonly known as Swine flu that recently hit schools in western region and parts of Luweero District is now suspected to have spread to schools in Mukono District especially in Namagunga SS.
Other students in Mulusa Academy in Wobulenzi are also suspected to have contracted the disease that has forced the government to regulate contact between students in boarding schools and outsiders.
So far, 206 samples have already been taken from the schools for testing to confirm these suspicions.
Four schools - Kitabi Seminary, Ndejje SS, Nyakasura SS and Early Learning Centre in Entebbe - have already been confirmed to have students with the virus...
So far the country has registered 75 laboratory confirmed cases of the flu, 38 of which are from schools and the remaining 37 from the general population.

Uganda Health News: Strange disease hits Mityana
2010/04/02

Experts from the Ministry of Health in Kampala are in Mityana district to investigate a strange disease that has reportedly hit the area.

The disease that is reported to have symptoms similar to that of Ebola broke out in Mityana north last week. Two people and seven children are reportedly ill suffering from vomiting and diarrhea.

The Minister of State for Primary Health Care, James Kakooza says he cannot confirm whether the disease is Ebola until the health experts give the ministry of Health a report.

Some of the victims now admitted at Mityana district Hospital say they feel pain all over their body.