Test results on the sick people are pending, and a top WHO official said the outbreak response is proceeding rapidly.

At least 44 contacts of the victim in the current outbreak have been identified, including 30 health workers and patients.

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