June 13 (UPI) -- Uganda has confirmed three cases of the Ebola virus, which has now killed two people -- signaling that the outbreak officials have struggled to contain is spreading.
The World Health Organization and Uganda Ministry of Health said Wednesday a 5-year-old Congolese boy infected with the disease had died. Thursday, a Ugandan health ministry official said the boy's 50-year-old grandmother also succumbed to the disease.