In Summary

• The president also directed security officials to arrest people suspected of having contracted the virus if they refuse to go into isolation.

• Museveni told traditional healers and herbalists not to treat people suspected to be infected with the viral haemorrhagic disease.

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has directed traditional healers to stop treating people during the ongoing Ebola outbreak that has so far killed 19 people in the country.

The president also directed security officials to arrest people suspected of having contracted the virus if they refuse to go into isolation.

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