The Sudan Ebola virus has claimed the life of another health worker in Uganda.

Uganda’s Health Minister, Jane Aceng, announced the passing on of Ms. Margaret Nabisubi on Wednesday morning.

Nabisubi is the fourth health worker to die of the virus since the outbreak in September.

On September 20, 2022, Uganda health authorities declared an outbreak of Ebola disease, caused by Sudan virus, following laboratory confirmation of a patient from a village in Madudu sub-county, Mubende district, central Uganda.

The case was a 24-year-old male who developed a wide range of symptoms on September 11.

According to the World Health Organization, Sudan virus disease is a severe, often fatal illness affecting humans.

Sudan virus was first reported in southern Sudan in June 1976. Since then, the virus has emerged periodically and up to now, seven outbreaks caused by the SUDV have been reported, four in Uganda and three in Sudan.